In The Author's Voice

A Mayflower descendant talks about the very first Thanksgiving

By Jeff Williams

Published November 25, 2021 at 6:00 AM CST

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In this edition of In The Author's Voice, we talk with a descent of the Mayflower on this Thanksgiving Day about the history of the very first Thanksgiving. Roughly 400 years ago English settlers made a peace settlement with the Native Americans that gave birth to the Thanksgiving Holiday we celebrate today.

WSIU's Jeff Williams recently talked with Paula Fisher, a Mayflower descendant about the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620 and the history of the first Thanksgiving.

In The Author's Voice

Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams is the Associate Director for Radio and Station Manager for WSIU Radio. Jeff is a native of southern Illinois and has been in broadcasting for 30 years.<br/><br/>Contact WSIU Radio at 618-453-6101 or email <a label="wsiuradio@wsiu.org" class="rte2-style-brightspot-core-link-LinkRichTextElement" href="mailto:wsiuradio@wsiu.org" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000177-ab2c-df07-a97f-abffacb50000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1678464426397,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1678464426397,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"wsiuradio@wsiu.org","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"mailto:wsiuradio@wsiu.org","_id":"00000186-cc46-d969-a787-ec5f88280001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-cc46-d969-a787-ec5f88280000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">wsiuradio@wsiu.org</a> <br/>Twitter: <a label="@wsiuradio" class="rte2-style-brightspot-core-link-LinkRichTextElement" href="https://twitter.com/WSIURadio" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000177-ab2c-df07-a97f-abffacb50000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1678464887258,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1678464887258,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"@wsiuradio","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"https://twitter.com/WSIURadio","_id":"00000186-cc4d-d502-aff6-fe5d9ff90001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-cc4d-d502-aff6-fe5d9ff90000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">@wsiuradio</a> | <a label="@wsiutv" class="rte2-style-brightspot-core-link-LinkRichTextElement" href="https://twitter.com/WSIUtv" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000177-ab2c-df07-a97f-abffacb50000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1678465165268,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1678465165268,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000179-d86b-d88a-a5fd-fd7f780a0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"@wsiutv","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"https://twitter.com/WSIUtv","_id":"00000186-cc51-dad4-a3b6-dd7b12a60001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-cc51-dad4-a3b6-dd7b12a60000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">@wsiutv</a>

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