This is the Daily Signal Podcast for November 22nd. That is Thanksgiving.

And we hope you're all spending some quality time with family and friends, but as you do, we are going to consider the origins of this great American holiday.

Dr. Tracey McKinsey, a historian at Wheaton College, says Americans have a bit of a faulty memory when it comes to the actual first Thanksgiving.

He'll give us the historical version.

Well Thanksgiving is a special day in this country, not just because of the

turkey and football and relatives, but also because of the historical memory

that lies at the heart of it. The story of the

pilgrims and the Indians is our national story which means we'd better get it right

and to do that we have the honor of speaking with Dr. Tracy McKinsey over the phone.

Dr. McKinsey is professor of American history at Wheaton College where he serves

as chair of the history department and he's author of the book The First

Thanksgiving. What the real story tells us about loving

God and learning from history.

And also full disclosure here, Dr. McKinsey is a former professor of mine and is still a good friend to this day. So Dr McKinsey

thank you for calling in. It's my pleasure Daniel I'm glad to talk with you.

So Dr. McKinsey I think all of of us have seen and grown up with those pictures of the

pilgrims eating a big nice turkey Thanksgiving meal, sometimes with Indians at there at Plymouth.

Give us the straight scoop here.

Are those pictures accurate?

Well, I think you know the answer to that the answer is not very most of our images of

that event really date to two to two and a half centuries later so the late

19th century is when most of those images really

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