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To: Neeka who wrote (229040)	11/23/2007 2:25:15 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793964

Mourn the founding and continuing existence of this country all you like. I'll continue to thank God for exactly the same thing. “Thanksgiving” is a bitter reminder of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship.

To: Neeka who wrote (229040)	11/23/2007 2:45:05 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 793964

First Thanksgiving was in Virginia. Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1000 acres (0.4 km²) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, and named after one of its founders of the 1618 land grant, Richard Berkeley. For more details on this topic, see Berkeley Hundred. Among the many American "firsts" that occurred at Berkeley Plantation are: * 1st official Thanksgiving: 4 December 1619 * 1st bourbon whiskey distilled: 1621, by George Thorpe, an Episcopal priest * 1st time Army bugle call Taps played: July 1862, by bugler Oliver W.