America’s Hometown Parade & Thanksgiving Day- 2010

With Plymouth MA being America’s Hometown, and where the pilgrims first settled, we have quite the Thanksgiving Parade every year, not to mention a historical culture to enjoy all year long.

 For 15 years, hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to the historic Plymouth Harbor and Waterfront to experience a bounty of authentic Americana. The celebration of Thanksgiving becomes history-brought-to-life as Pilgrims, Native Americans, Soldiers, Patriots, and Pioneers proudly climb out of the history books and onto the streets of Plymouth. You’ll see some of that in the photos to come!

There is so much to enjoy this weekend.  The festivities include not only the big parade, but a crafter’s pavilion, an educational Wompanoag pavilion, food vendors, kid’s activities, the New England Food Festival, and more.  It’s a very interesting and festive event, so consider coming down in the coming years, if the trip is do-able for you and your family.  And give us a call while you’re here!

We had a great view of the parade, as we sat on the hill pretty much right across from Plymouth Rock.  That hill can be seen in the photo on the top left below.  Afterward we did a bit of walking around.

I know Thanksgiving is over and everyone is ready to move on, but I thought I would just share with you a bunch of photos I took, so you can enjoy a little of this event with us.  It was a beautiful, and fairly mild day. So use your imagination, sit back and enjoy.

Not much more chatting in this post at all.   Maybe just a little.

Many of you know that Michael is a 2nd generation sign maker and letterer.  Well Michael’s father used to hand letter the Hallamore barrel wagons you see in the photos above, pulled by Clydesdale horses. That was an interesting piece of family history to share with the kids.

Seeing so much live history, right before your eyes, is a thrill.  We are blessed to see some of it all year long, around here.  With the Plimoth Plantation so close, we can step back in time, anytime!  Photographing it all is so fun.  Aside from the modern-dressed people all about, it’s easy to imagine you are back in time.  One thing we DID see a few times, that really cracked us up repeatedly, was the evidence of today’s technology, that not many can be away from for very long!  To see pilgrims and indians, texting, was a hoot!!  I wanted to get a photo of that, but never got one. A funny sight though, as I’m sure you can imagine.   All in all, it was a wonderful and memorable family day together.

As for our Thanksgiving Day……..

….ours was simply peaceful and lovely.  We do not have a lot of close extended family, so we have often spent this holiday just the 6 of us.  In the past years, we have opted to cook a ham or cornish hens on Thanksgiving.  But this year, we cooked our very first turkey!  It came out….perfect.  As you can see. ; )  Dinner was delicious, as were the pies.  We played games, watched football, and played some football outdoors too.

The kids set a real festive atmosphere as always, with the creative decorations.

Each turkey that the little ones made, displayed feathers that expressed some of the things that they were thankful for. “Reagan”, by the way (on the last feather) is our other pet:  a Republican beta fish. : )  Yep, he’s red.

I really loved {S}’s indian.

We hope you and your families, had a blessed and memorable Thanksgiving as well!

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