November 24, 2005
Texas - Home of the FIRST Thanksgiving
From the History News Network:
To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in-- twenty-three years before the Pilgrims' festival. For several years they have staged a reenactment of the event that culminated in the Thanksgiving celebration: the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan de Onate on the banks of the Rio Grande. De Onate is said to have held a big Thanksgiving festival after leading hundreds of settlers on a grueling 350-mile long trek across the Mexican desert.
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Happy Thanksgiving, George! I wish you and your family the very best.
~Heidi
Posted by Redhead Infidel at November 24, 2005 11:01 AM
I'm from San Elizario Tx and proud of my roots hopefully people will recognize the importance of being in a city that might be samll but with a lot of pride for the great people we have learned to be out here. Go SAN ELIZARIO !!!!!
Posted by Syria Alvidrez at February 7, 2006 01:24 PM
We are San Elizario, Texas transplants now making our home in Fort Wayne,IN. Boy, do we miss our hometown
of good old San Eli. It was a good place to live, even
though we had a few sore heads among the good.
Nuestros saludos a todos por San Elizario especialmente
a Ramon Holguin and Family and all the Sanchez family.
Tony Sr.,Jr., Roxanne, Peter and the rest.
As always y sin fin,
Joe and Terry
Posted by Jose R. Tarango at March 7, 2006 11:46 AM
