The First Thanksgiving PART ONE Michael Medved - THE VOYAGE to AMERICA

PART ONE- THE VOYAGE to AMERICA. The Pilgrims head out on their mission to the New World.
History shows that the voyage was not easy for the Pilgrims. They endured many hardships and persevered with God's guidance at every turn. The pictures and parts of the interviews from the mentions of a pastor and historian are not used in voice but given credit for some of the information used.

Who were the people of the Plymouth Colony and why did they hold a feast of celebration in 1621, which we now call the first Thanksgiving? How did they manage that first winter in the wilderness? Why are these few settlers in New England held in such high esteem today when they considered their accomplishments all to be failures? And what about those Puritans? Do they deserve the grim image history has given them?

Learn the answers to these questions and more in this special Thanksgiving Day holiday history program.

This program features the story of Thanksgiving by Michael Medved. This is his bio:

Born in Philadelphia, Michael attended public schools in San Diego and Los Angeles before starting Yale at age 16 as a National Merit Scholar. He majored in American history and graduated with honors, before attending Yale Law School, where his classmates included Bill and Hillary Clinton.

After several years as a campaign speechwriter and political consultant, Michael wrote his first bestseller at age 26—What Really Happened to the Class of ’65?, a skeptical reconsideration of the “counterculture” of the 1960s that became a weekly TV series on NBC. Michael’s subsequent 12 books include The Shadow Presidents, hailed as the definitive history of White House chiefs of staff; Hollywood vs. America, a stinging indictment of the entertainment industry; and Right Turns, which tells the story of Michael’s transformation from “punk liberal activist to lovable conservative curmudgeon.” The 10 Big Lies About America (2008) and The 5 Big Lies About American Business (2010) confront the most common smears against the United States and its free market system.

Medved’s most recent books, The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic and God’s Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era, describe astonishing incidents in which luck, nature, or some higher power seemed to intervene on behalf of the United States. In the books, Michael argues that a “pattern of happy accidents” is still a pattern, and sides with the Founders in seeing America as “fortune’s favorite” and “destiny’s darling.”

Michael’s columns on politics and media appear frequently in USA Today, where he is a member of the Board of Contributors. His work as a film critic, based on short-lived experience as a Hollywood screenwriter, featured positions at CNN (1980-84), Great Britain’s Channel 4 Network (1984), and PBS (1985-96), where he served as co-host of the popular weekly show Sneak Previews. He was also chief film critic of the New York Post for five years before launching his daily radio show in 1996.

Michael has been married for 33 years to clinical psychologist Dr. Diane Medved, a bestselling author in her own right (The Case Against Divorce). Diane’s latest book, Don’t Divorce: Powerful Arguments for Saving and Revitalizing Your Marriage, was released in March 2017. They live in the Seattle area, where they raised their three children.