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] Date Posted: 22:05:14 11/28/04 Sun In reply to: Jim (Canada) 's message, "Thanksgiving" on 03:15:24 11/26/04 Fri The rationale for both the US and Canadian Thanksgivings are the same event. There was over 100 years between the Mayflower landing and the Revolution. The United Empire Loyalists, being drawn heavily from the same New England stock, are also quite often Mayflower descendants. A bit of trivia. In 1912, Mayflower passenger Richard Warren could count two national leaders as descendants - US President William Howard Taft and Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Laird Borden. The date difference is to accommodate the earlier arrival of winter up here... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |