Today Thanksgiving is one of America’s biggest holidays. Lake Effect. Tags: Thanksgiving. history. However, the real history of Thanksgiving and America’s brutal treatment of Indigenous people cannot be erased in our celebrations. WUWM. food. Markey, whose uses a photo … Though there is no real evidence that turkey was served at the Pilgrim's first thanksgiving, but through ages it became an indispensable part of the Thanksgiving tradition. The Real History of Thanksgiving. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) called for a recognition of “the true history of Thanksgiving” as “atrocities committed against Native Americans” via Twitter on Thursday. For most Americans visions of parades, family, food, and football take the mind’s center … The tradition of turkey is rooted in the 'History …