Matthäus Merian’s woodcut print depicts brutal bloodshed in Jamestown, shaping European attitudes toward Native Americans.
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The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered more by Peter C. Mancall
Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of the first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their country.
