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houseboatonstyxThe facts of the 1621 celebration are in my last post. Here's a few things the school pageants etc get wrong.
1. The pageants don't have enough Indians. Actually it was 53 Pilgrims entertaining 90 Indians.
2. Turkey wasn't the only meat. There was an assortment of fowl -- and the Indians brought venisons.
3. Costumes may be more iconic than authentic. Critics please tell me, what DID they all wear, and what is your evidence?
4. School programs sometimes use modern fully-popped popcorn rather than authentic half-popped corn. And they use modern formica tables instead of wood tables hewn with axes. (Not enough trees in the school yards, maybe, especially not on repeated years.)
1. The pageants don't have enough Indians. Actually it was 53 Pilgrims entertaining 90 Indians.
2. Turkey wasn't the only meat. There was an assortment of fowl -- and the Indians brought venisons.
3. Costumes may be more iconic than authentic. Critics please tell me, what DID they all wear, and what is your evidence?
4. School programs sometimes use modern fully-popped popcorn rather than authentic half-popped corn. And they use modern formica tables instead of wood tables hewn with axes. (Not enough trees in the school yards, maybe, especially not on repeated years.)
