A postcard a day, from a large collection of postcards received, sent to me by me, and/or collected over the last 30+ years.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving Symbols
Not that these are the Native Americans one typically sees in Thanksgiving pictures or cards, but the Mystery Sender asks another provocative question: "Are we honoring the "First Americans" or making a spectacle them?" You be the judge.
I think we are just getting together because it is expected of us and because it is fun! I don't think we are making a spectacle of the Native Americans...it's history that is out of our hands for sure.
I've been sending and receiving postcards for over 30 years. When I travel, I send a postcard to myself, even if it's just a one day business trip. I badger my friends to send me postcards when they go on trips. I collected postcard ads from those free postcard dispensers, that used to be found near bathrooms and phone booths in public places around the world. I have a scrapbook of postcards, sent between 1902 and 1905 to my great grandfather from an aunt, who appears to have been traveling extensively around Europe. First post: July 5, 2009
I think we are just getting together because it is expected of us and because it is fun! I don't think we are making a spectacle of the Native Americans...it's history that is out of our hands for sure.
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