EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Public Libraries highlighted a powerful, but often-overlooked historical event that happened right here in the Borderland — the First Thanksgiving.
The Main Library, in El Paso’s Downtown, held a special event called “The Forgotten Histories of the First Thanksgiving” on Sunday afternoon, April 19.
This free, family-friendly event used interactive experiences, live performances and educational programming to bring this historical happening alive.
The program highlights El Paso’s historic First Thanksgiving on April 30, 1598, more than two decades before the Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts…