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Thank you Corbin
that is a most interesting slice of History. I am always sooo interested in Historical truths well anything actually.xx
posted by
Kabu
on October 9, 2018 at 9:19 AM
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You're Right....
It has become common knowledge that the first Thanksgiving in North America was held by Sir Martin Frobisher and his crew in Newfoundland in 1578. There are those — mainly Americans upset by the thought of having their holiday co-opted — who argue that it wasn't a “real” Thanksgiving. I would counter that Frobisher had reason to give thanks and that giving thanks was an important aspect of Elizabethan society, so it would have been a natural thing for him and his men to do.
Sir Martin Frobisher, mariner, explorer, chaser of fool’s gold, made three voyages from England to the “New World” in search of a passage to Asia. He was the first European to discover the bay that is named for him and returned with tons of dirt that he thought contained gold. Each expedition was bigger than the preceding one and on his third, in 1578, he commanded a flotilla of 15 ships and more than 400 men. They set sail on 31 May for Baffin Island, where they intended to establish a gold mining operation and the first English colony in North America. On 1 July, they sighted Resolution Island, but they were driven by storms across the entrance to Hudson Strait. The fleet was dispersed and one ship, which carried their prefabricated barracks, was sunk by ice. Another ship deserted the flotilla and sailed back to England. The remaining ships assembled at the Countess of Warwick’s Island, which is known today as Kodlunarn Island, a tiny speck of land in Frobisher Bay. They established two mines on the island and set up shops to test the ore from other mines. The mine sites and the ruins of a stone house are still clearly visible.
Vicious storms blew the fleet around Hudson Strait for most of July and when they finally assembled at their anchorage in Frobisher Bay, they celebrated Communion and formally expressed their thanks through the ship’s Chaplain, Robert Wolfall, who “made unto them a godly sermon, exhorting them especially to be thankful to God for their strange and miraculous deliverance in those so dangerous places” (Richard Collinson, The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher: In Search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, Cambridge University Press, 2010).
While Thanksgiving is traditionally a harvest celebration and Frobisher’s was for a safe arrival, it was undeniably an act of giving thanks, one committed with relief and within the context of their society.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 8, 2018 at 3:33 PM
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No actually Canadian Thanksgiving preceded American thanks giving so I have been told.
posted by
Kabu
on October 8, 2018 at 1:44 PM
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Do you all celebrate the Vikings?? If so, you'd have a bunch of steps ahead of Columbus.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 8, 2018 at 1:23 PM
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It is good for the spirit to find pleasure in little things, you may be a charmer,but you are a fighter and that's worth a heap of sausages, Oh! no that was Chumpet I won't give him a pork chop for his tea. I meant a heap of courage.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 8, 2018 at 10:05 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving. May Lord fill your life with good things always.
posted by
shamasehar
on October 7, 2018 at 8:05 PM
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Kabu and Wiley
Happy Canada Thanksgiving to you both, dear sweet Kabu. It was so uplifting to read the things for which you are thankful. I am thankful for your bright spirit, your kind ways and sweet words to all. Hope your and Wiley's day was splendid.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 7, 2018 at 4:39 PM
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We are so thankful for YOU!
posted by
Amanda__
on October 7, 2018 at 3:19 PM
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You do have so much to be thankful for. Wonderful it is to read of your appreciation.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 7, 2018 at 1:54 PM
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I hope the two of you have a wonderful holiday......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 7, 2018 at 1:05 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you even more to be thankful for
as the days go by. Your posts about daily life and your stories are bright spots in my days. 
posted by
Pat_B
on October 7, 2018 at 12:03 PM
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I love your thankful spirit and the things you are thankful for. Please give Wiley a big hug and kiss from TAPS and tell him I miss him being on Blogit.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 7, 2018 at 11:51 AM
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