http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18074/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/american-thanksgiving-story <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/herman-cain">Herman Cain</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     Thanksgiving in America is a time of traditions – turkey and dressing, gathering around the table, watching football and seeing schoolchildren dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians, reenacting the first Thanksgiving. One of the most fascinating early American stories is the “sale” of Manhattan Island. The story goes that some Dutch colonists traded beads and other trinkets to the Indians for the land, acquiring the island for what amounted to $24 worth of goods. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/american-thanksgiving-story" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business beads buy Democrat healthcare indians island Manhattan MediaBias MinimumWage NewYork pelosi Pilgrims sell tax Thanksgiving trinket Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:14:56 +0000 admin 29595 at http://archive2.mrc.org