Thanksgiving (1864)
This guest column I wrote in November 2004 reminds us of our collective struggle for freedom, justice, and democracy.
Thanksgiving
by Randell Jones
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Randell Jones is the author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone (2nd ed., 2024) and other books of American history including Before They Were Heroes at Kings Mountain. Find his books at RandellJones.com . He lives in Winston-Salem.
This story is included in “From Time to Time in North Carolina” (2017) by Randell Jones, a collection of his selected guest columns written for the Winston-Salem Journal during the last 30 years. Find the book at RandellJones.com or on Amazon.com.
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