This Thanksgiving – November 25, 2021 – marks the 400th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving feast as celebrated by the “Pilgrims” of Plymouth colony and their Native American neighbors in the autumn of 1621. Although generally a familiar story to manyAmericans, the backstory is not only fascinating but essentially relevant to our identity as American Christians. This is particularly significant at such a time as this when our heritage and traditions are being undermined and discredited by an insidious coalition of secular forces that have infiltrated, infested and taken control of most of our cultural institutions. Not only are basic Judeo-Christian moral values under attack, but religious liberty itself is seriously threatened by this radical secular agenda.
Whether we call it Cultural Marxism, Critical Theory or Political Correctness, this ideology is systematically destroying the moral and spiritual foundations of our nation with its vicious and unrelenting assaults on America’s Christian influenced heritage that made this nation unique in all of human history. The following is a brief account of the major issues and events related to the Pilgrims, Plymouth and Thanksgiving – including the origins of America’s ongoing culture war – that all Christians should know.
