Lemosyne(sub female)

the River of forgetfulness

My hours are married to Shadows....

“In the hours they spent chewing my bones, I grew a stone for my heart, and poisoned the rivers that ran through me. I studied the bloodless moon.”
H.C.M

Thanksgiving - A 1621 meal between pilgrims and Native Americans

3 years ago. Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 4:55 PM

BY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN

While Thanksgiving is usually traced back to a 1621 meal between pilgrims and Native Americans, its origins as a national holiday are much more recent.

On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving. He saw the occasion as a peaceful interlude amid the Civil War.

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Lemosyne​(sub female)

the River of forgetfulness

Thanksgiving - A 1621 meal between pilgrims and Native Americans

Lemosyne(sub female)