Seattle Times Jerry Large column: the more we know, the more we owe.(Column)

From: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) | Date: November 23, 2006| Author: Large, Jerry | Copyright information

Byline: Jerry Large

Nov. 23--The story of the first Thanksgiving is always changing, it seems, moving from the simple, idealized version every schoolchild can recite to more complex histories that refute the dominant mythology.

Knowing more about what happened might give us a truer sense of what we should be thankful for -- that ours is gratitude that comes with a debt. Just about every society has a thanksgiving celebration, but ours is tied up with the mee...

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