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Resolved that the national bird should be the wild turkey – or my post-T-Day message to the nation

Submitted by bboldt2 on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 3:54pm.

William Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Plantation, wrote in his journal about the first Thanksgiving of 1621,          

 

"…besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many." – Gov. William Bradford

 

The account was written several years after the fact, and whether turkey actually was on the menu that day is not clear. Even if Bradford's memory was faulty, the association of turkey with our holiday feast was born.

 

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Chicago -- the city where hope died and was reborn

Submitted by bboldt2 on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 2:26pm.

I was back in my old home town last night, in spirit, if not in the flesh, standing shoulder to shoulder with thousands of my countrymen in Grant Park in The City of The Big Shoulders.

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Alea jacta est!

Submitted by bboldt2 on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 10:31am.