2023-01-04

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Knowing Better

America was founded when a group of Protestant Christians, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, made the harrowing journey across the Atlantic. Except, no it wasn't and no they weren't. This story is a lie.

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Thanks to Atun-Shei Films

https://www.youtube.com/c/AtunSheiFilms

https://twitter.com/atun_shei

King Philip's War Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwCiRao53J1zC_zUgjuB7hIVreGthh9nF

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Sources

This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving (2019)

https://amzn.to/3IpGI23

The Wordy Shipmates (2008)

https://amzn.to/3PgeF7p

We Shall Remain (2009)

https://www.kanopy.com/en/video/1514972

American Experience: The Pilgrims (2015)

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims/#part01

Children's Books

…If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 (1991) - https://amzn.to/3YdA2v7

The Story of the Pilgrims (1995) - https://amzn.to/3FHSZ1W

If You Were At The First Thanksgiving (2001) - https://amzn.to/3UL5caw

The Very First Thanksgiving Day (2006) - https://amzn.to/3UL5fmI

Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving (2013) - https://amzn.to/3HqmXZp

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Video Credits -

Family Guy S7 E16 “Peter’s Progress”

The Simpsons S17 E18 “The Wettest Stories Ever Told”

South Park S4 E13 “Helen Keller! The Musical”

South Park S15 E13 “A History Channel Thanksgiving”

The Brady Bunch S2 E4 “The Un-underground Movie”

Happy Days S6 E12 “The First Thanksgiving”

This is America, Charlie Brown Ep 1 “The Mayflower Voyagers”

Thanks! S1-S6

America: The Story of Us Ep 1 “Rebels”

Flintstones 1960-1966 Intro Theme

President Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation - https://youtu.be/UKVsq2daR8Q

Photo Credits -

https://media.sciencephoto.com/v7/00/00/46/v7000046-800px-wm.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/New_England_%281%29.jpg

Photo 32216961 / Wampanoag © David Persson | Dreamstime.com

Photo 57017611 / Maps Desk © Emotionart | Dreamstime.com

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/The_Mayflower_Compact_1620_cph.3g07155.jpg

https://bethelhistorical.org/catalog/files/fullsize/mollyockett_images/mollyockett-02/great_dying.jpg

https://literaryfictions.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pilgrims-landing-by-edward-percy-moran-1862-1935.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Thanksgiving_at_Plymouth%2C_1925%2C_Brownscombe.jpg

https://www.history.com/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTg1Mzk3MTA2NDQ0NDEyNDMx/wampanoag-treaty-gettyimages-51246277.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Mayflower_in_Plymouth_Harbor%2C_by_William_Halsall.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.jpg

https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-d610vUcjL0C?hl=en&gbpv=1

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Production Assistant - Rozarah

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Research Assistant - Jesspsettle

https://twitter.com/JessPSettle

Music - Michael Cotten

http://www.mwcotten.com

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Channel Art - PoetheWonderCat

https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe

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Hashtags: #history #pilgrims #thanksgiving #puritans #plymouth #wampanoag #jamestown #america

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