On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:45:41 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-10-08 3:13 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:44:52 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>> The fact is both North and South North Americans celebrated it but as a
>>> harvest issue, the southerly folks did it later because the final
>>> harvest was later.
>>>
>>> It's not rocket science here so not sure why the debate?
>>
>> I'm glad you posted that link, it again shows Dave is completely
>> wrong!! Our Thanksgiving has NOTHING whatsoever to do with Pilgrims.
>>
>
>
>Oh yeah. Especially this part:
>As settlers arrived in Nova Scotia from New England after 1700, late
>autumn Thanksgiving celebrations became commonplace.

Yes, well after the Scottish were here in NS, already celebrating
Harvest Home long long before the Smiths arrived from New England I
suspect.


New immigrants into
>the country—such as the Irish, Scottish, and Germans—also added their
>own traditions to the harvest celebrations. Most of the US aspects of
>Thanksgiving (such as the turkey) were incorporated when United Empire
>Loyalists began to flee from the United States during the American
>Revolution and settled in Canada.[6]

Yes, a few, long after Scots were in NS, but don't let that bother
your racist, bigoted, misogynistic head. Oh and most of those who
arrived in NS were BLACK! OMG Smith, imagine that, foreigners and
black!!!