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Neither Washington or Lincoln mentioned the Mayflower or the Pilgrims in their Thanksgiving Proclamations. Why do themes of the "First Thanksgiving" now dominate the narrative surrounding American Thanksgiving?

by /u/wizzo89 in /r/AskHistorians

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