Three Squares a Day

A new and expanded second edition of The American Patriot’s Treasury of Historical Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas was released earlier this month (August 2009).
The expanded edition includes a new chapter on Thanksgiving era pirates, and how they are connected to Plymouth, plus more games, and more resources for improving relations with American Indians.
Available in paperback or [...]

Experiencing the charms of an old-world table setting for Thanksgiving is something Americans are about to rediscover, just for the holiday joy of it! With the intent of fostering greater Thanksgiving history appreciation, the time traveling folks at LetsPlayHistory.org are showing America just how easy it really is to pull together a primitive [...]

From the start of the Thanksgiving holiday in 1863, Euro-Americans have romanticized the observance of this historic interracial event of 1621 New England.  For all their noble intentions, however, this holiday suffered censoring and stereotyping as Euro-American Victorians, then the Edwardians, attempted to mold history to the demands of their genteel sensibilities.
Still today, for [...]

Thursday November 6, 2008 – Lebanon, Oregon – America’s newly awakened Angel of Thanksgiving, Carrie Franzwa, is heralding holiday reform, calling on Americans and retailers across the nation to change their holiday tune. Having kept watch over observances past, the Thanksgiving Angel is proclaiming it time to experience the real 1621 event, and to cease [...]

Here is a sampling of photographs which we have for our family’s Thanksgiving time travel adventures so far.  If you require the images in better quality, or if you would like to request us to take specific pictures, we would be happy to help.  Just contact us at Victorian[at]LetsPlayHistory.org.  Ideas are from The American Patriot’s [...]

New Thanksgiving Alternative Relieves Stress, Adds Cultural Interest
October 28, 2008 – Lebanon, Oregon – Homemaker and veteran home educator Carrie Franzwa and family are showing others how to relieve social stress this year through at-home time travel for Thanksgiving. By re-creating authentic era games, music, decor and table settings, the Franzwa family claims [...]