Pilgrims and Indians, and a big outdoor feast. That's what we learned about the roots of the Thanksgiving holiday in elementary school.
There might have been a LITTLE embellishment of the story down the years. Our resident archaeologists, , return with another installment of "Underground History" to sort the fact from the fiction.
of the Nipmuc Nation of Massachusetts shares some insights; of the University of Massachusetts-Boston also gets in on the conversation. Prepare to reconsider the stories from grade school.