Thanksgiving in America: The Story You Were Never Supposed to Know — A Family Read-Aloud of the Wonder of the Pilgrims
- (primary) Genesis 48:19
- (secondary) Psalm 107:23–30 — Psalm 107:23-30
- (secondary) Ezra 8:21
- (secondary) 2 Samuel 7:10
- (secondary) Hebrews 11:13–16 — Hebrews 11:13-16
- (secondary) Psalm 30:5
- (secondary) Genesis 45:5
- (secondary) Romans 11:16
- (secondary) Leviticus 23:39
- (secondary) Deuteronomy 16:13–15 — Deuteronomy 16:13-15
- (secondary) Proverbs 14:23
- (secondary) 2 Thessalonians 3:10
- (secondary) Micah 4:4
- (secondary) 2 Chronicles 7:14
- (secondary) Deuteronomy 8:10
- (secondary) Exodus 12:49
- (secondary) Isaiah 49:1
- (secondary) Philippians 1:6
- (secondary) Genesis 48:15–20 — Genesis 48:15-20
- (secondary) Acts 5:29
- (secondary) Genesis 49:1–22 — Genesis 49:1, 22
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A twelve-chapter family read-aloud, one chapter for each of the twelve evenings before Thanksgiving, in which Grandpa tells Lucy, Ben and Hannah the true story of the Pilgrims. It begins with Jacob crossing his hands over Ephraim and Manasseh, then follows the Scrooby church to Leiden, the Mayflower crossing, the Compact ('a covenant before a colony'), the first winter, Squanto as a Joseph sent ahead, the 1621 harvest as an echo of Tabernacles, the end of the common store, and the 1623 drought broken after a day of humiliation. It closes with Bradford's 'let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise' and sends the children to the table as ambassadors. Keepsake pages include a timeline, the Compact, the Washington and Lincoln proclamations, a table reading, a prayer and the Hebrew pictograph of the ship's name.
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