Friday, January 3, 2025

Home Thanksgiving Day anniversary was first celebrated in West Virginia Francis H. Pierpont

Francis H. Pierpont

Union soldier Larkin Goldsmith Mead holds a Thanksgiving turkey at Camp Griffin, Virginia, c. 1861.

Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia

Thanksgiving in the Virginias

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