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Newt's World

Episode 336: Tracy McKenzie on The First Thanksgiving

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What was the first Thanksgiving really like for the pilgrims? What struggles did they endure to make the transatlantic journey from Europe to Plymouth, Massachusetts? And once they arrived, what happened to them? The first Thanksgiving is a window on the American past and was a very different experience than the holiday we celebrate today. Newt’s guest is Dr. Tracy McKenzie, Professor of History at Wheaton College in Illinois.

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On this episode of Newt's World, Dr. Tracy McKenzie is an accomplished historian, author and professor of history.

1:15.0

After 22 years as a professor at the University of Washington, he moved to Wheaton College, Illinois,

1:22.0

where he holds the Arthur Holmes chair of Faith and Learning.

1:27.0

He maintains an extensive background in post-Soviet war history.

1:31.0

While at Wheaton College, Tracy's turn to his focus towards the way American evangelicals remember their national history.

1:39.0

One of many works he authored, the first Thanksgiving, with the real story tells us about loving God and learning the history.

1:47.0

This book provides an accurate account of the first Thanksgiving and gives insight in the misconceptions about the origins of this classic American holiday and how it really ought to be.

1:59.0

So I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Dr. Tracy McKenzie.

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