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George,
I've not followed this
slave controversy too much and I'm not certain whether slaves were auctioned
in and around the time of the "first" Thanksgiving, but if slaves
were sold in Court Square what's wrong with depicting what really happened?
| Jeffersonian Thanksgiving Festival - Nov. 19-27, 2004
Governor Jefferson's Thanksgiving Festival. Over fifty activities scheduled
at seven different venues around Charlottesville's Historic Court Square
and Downtown Mall are designed to let you experience what our community
was like during the American Revolution between 1779 and 1781.
You will step back in history and mingle with a cast of about 150 costumed
people portraying famous statesmen, soldiers, merchants, clergymen and slaves
who gathered during the American Revolution for a Day of Public Thanksgiving
that was proclaimed by Virginia's Governor Thomas Jefferson in November
1779.
Events include: colonial folk music and dancing; children's games; horse-drawn
carriage rides; the "little militia' at the soldier encampment; demonstrations
of 18th century crafts and trades; crafts for children at the Discovery
Museum; lectures on African-American history and culture; Governor Jefferson's
Ball and more. For more information, please call the Rev. Mark Beliles at
(804) 978-4466.
Charlottesville
and Albemarle County Convention and Vistors Center, 2004 |
After all was the first Thanksgiving really a time when Indians happily
taught the British settlers how to feed themselves in America?
Tyler Sewell (electronic mail, December 10, 2004)
Editor's Note: For more about Thanksgiving and Native Americans,
see National Day of Mourning 1998,
1999, 2000, and
2001.
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