Happy Thanksgiving from the
Commonwealth Museum staff!
We’ll be watching for you!
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If parents or teachers would like to share Thanksgiving themed photos we will post them on the Commonwealth Museum facebook page.
Send to: commonwealthmuseum@sec.state.ma.us
Learn more!
Baker, James W. Thanksgiving: the Biography of an American Holiday, Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire Press, 2009.
For young readers:
Grace, Catherine O’Neill and Bruchac, Margaret M, with Plimoth Plantation, 1621 A New Look at Thanksgiving, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2004.
A special treat (literally!):
Stokes, Lori with Sarah Stewart and Chris Peterson. The Pleasure of the Taste, Boston, Massachusetts: The Partnership of Historic Bostons, 2015. These 17th-century recipes provide an authentic taste of early Massachusetts. Available through www.historicbostons.org
Special thanks to the Peabody Essex Museum. www.pem.org