Happy Virginia Thanksgiving!

[paulbibeau]

Down here in Virginia, you can easily find someone who will tell you that the "first" Thanksgiving didn't occur in the Plymouth rock vicinity.  It took place in an area a few miles away from Williamsburg along the James River, near what is now Berkeley Plantation.

Here's the quote: On this day, Dec. 4, 1619, these 38 men from Berkeley Parish in

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[ajjones]

Well shit. That would have saved me a lot of field trips to Plymouth Plantation when i was a kid.

[paulbibeau]

But then you might be going to Williamsburg, and there are definite downsides. Think morbidly obese people in fanny packs and tri-corn hats with the smell of horse manure everywhere, and 3-hour presentations on how to make a beeswax candle. I used to be a reporter about 30 miles from this town, and people in the area drink heavily. And it's not happy drunkening. It's angry, sad drunkening.

[paulbibeau]

Of course there are upsides too. Nice architecture. Great barbecue. And the angry, sad drunkening I mentioned before.