"Gobbling" isn't all there is to
Thanksgiving Day, really....
What's the meaning of this?
Thanksgiving in Historic American Style
The Mayflower Compact - 1620: (click here for WORD doc)
In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten,
the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord King James
by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king,
defender of ye faith, &c. Haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of
God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of
our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye
Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly &
mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant &
combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick; for our
better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends
aforesaid; and by vertue hearof, to enacte, constitute, and
frame shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts,
constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought
most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie:
unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In
witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed our names at
Cap-Codd ye .11. of November, in ye year of the raigne of our
soveraigne lord King James of England, France, & Ireland ye
eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom .1620.
The above is an exact transcription of the Mayflower Compact made by Caleb Johnson from a photo-scan of the
original page of William Bradford’s History Of Plymouth Plantation in his own handwriting.
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