King Philip’s War is virtually UNKNOWN to the majority of Americans, because it’s not been mentioned in public school education at all until the last decade or so. The vicious brutality of this conflict, whose goal for the white European colonists would today be called genocidal, is as representative of the early “Thanksgiving” era as any purported festive concord between native and colonist. #Thanksgiving #KingPhilipsWar > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip's_War?wprov=sfti1

People who want original research on the #Wapanoag & other indigenous people and their intersection with Europeans in New England. I highly recommend Our Beloved Kin by Lisa Brooks. It is subtitled A New History of King Philip's War but it is soo much more. You will look at the lives of your ancestors differently, I promise. #thanksgiving #bookodons #genedons #genealogy #KingPhilipsWar

Happy #Thanksgiving! If you'd like to learn more about 17th Century New England history, the truth of the first Thanksgiving, and the rarely taught devastating Metacom's War, I recommend the highly readable "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's well researched and reads as a narrative, rather than densely academic. #KnowYourHistory!

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