Welcome back to OnThePoint, I’m Greg C. Truax.
As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holidays with family, friends, food, and football, I like to annually spotlight a lesser-known chapter of Florida history.
Long before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Sunshine State may have hosted the first Thanksgiving. The late Michael Gannon argued that the original Thanksgiving took place in September 1565 in what is now St. Augustine.
If the respected historian is right, that feast predates the Pilgrims by 56 years and Jamestown by 42 years.
Some historians disagree, but Professor Gannon’s deep research into Spanish colonial Florida offers a compelling reminder: America’s story may run deeper than the New England version we all learned in school.
From the NewsTalk 1040 studios, I’m Greg C. Truax.
Greg C. Truax is president of GCTMediaGroup, a film production studio, online magazine publisher, radio commentator, and creator of written and broadcast opinion commentary.