Alexander Grelier 11/27/18 The Evolution of Thanksgiving NPR: When Thanksgiving Was Weird Most Americans have heard the stories of the Pilgrims from Europe and Native Americans putting aside violence and celebrating and accepting each others cultures with food, games, prayers, and an overall togetherness. However, these "stories" really are just that. The real first thanksgivings were very different than how they're portrayed today, and there has been a lot of disturbing and interesting truths that have been covered up. Not only have tales about how thanksgiving first happened been made up, but even large corporations manipulate consumers into thinking that their product was used in the first thanksgivings! There is not even evidence that turkey, a worldwide symbol of Thanksgiving, was even served to the Pilgrims and Native Americans during that time. ...