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We’re joined today by Will Williams for the 13th (or is it the 15th) annual fireside chat with host Allen Ruff. They reflect on the changes they’ve seen in the last few years,including the recent presidential election, and they discuss the settler colonial history of Thanksgiving. From the first official Thanksgiving in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 to President Abraham Lincoln’s declaration of Thanksgiving as a federal holiday in 1863 in the middle of the Civil War, the holiday has always been intertwined with warfare and conquest. Callers chimed in to share their gratitude for the program, share a quotation from Winona La Duke, and comment about some Americans’ willful ignorance of history. 

Will Williams is a Vietnam veteran, a local peace veteran activist, and a long time friend of the show.

Image by Natasha G from Pixabay

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