{"id":11934,"date":"2015-11-20T11:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=11934"},"modified":"2015-11-20T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T16:41:40","slug":"light-a-candle-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/light-a-candle-for-thanksgiving.html","title":{"rendered":"Light a Candle for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth, England, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, are already beginning celebrations (which will culminate in 2020) for the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, with special events on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cAs one small candle may light a thousand,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>so the light here kindled has shown unto many<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11935\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-thanksgiving-illuminate-poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-thanksgiving-illuminate-poster.png\" alt=\"photo of an &quot;Illuminate and Thanksgiving&quot; poster\" width=\"498\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-thanksgiving-illuminate-poster.png 498w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-thanksgiving-illuminate-poster-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Mayflower400UK.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thousands are expected to parade through Plymouth, England, this year carrying candles and lanterns as they gather at the Mayflower steps there in the harbor where the original ship left for America in 1620.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11936\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-baylor-university-candlelight-wharf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-baylor-university-candlelight-wharf.png\" alt=\"photo of candles lit on a wharf\" width=\"646\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-baylor-university-candlelight-wharf.png 646w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-baylor-university-candlelight-wharf-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-1120-2015-baylor-university-candlelight-wharf-500x279.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Baylor University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Are you planning to light a candle and join in the Thanksgiving commemoration this year?<\/p>\n<p>[search_box]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Thanksgiving Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/researching-your-pilgrim-ancestry-from-mayflower-ship-passengersintroduction-mary-harrell-sesniak-is-a-genealogist-author-and-editor-with-a-strong-technology-background-in-this-guest-blog-post.html\">Researching Your Pilgrim Ancestry from Mayflower Ship Passengers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/are-you-a-descendant-of-mayflower-pilgrim-john-alden.html\">Are You a Descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim John Alden?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/researching-recent-obituaries-for-all-my-mayflower-cousins.html\">Researching Recent Obituaries for All My Mayflower Cousins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/full-list-of-mayflower-passengers-in-gov-bradfords-newly-restored-journal.html\">Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford\u2019s Newly-Restored Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-genealogy-finding-your-cousins-using-newspapers.html\">Mayflower Genealogy: Finding Your Cousins Using Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[bottom_post_ad]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth, England, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, are already beginning celebrations (which will culminate in 2020) for the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, with special events on both sides of the Atlantic. \u201cAs one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled has shown unto many\u201d &#8211;Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[2032,5999,682,10844,443,1067,1074,2636,1077,447,44,10843],"class_list":["post-11934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-anniversaries","tag-candles","tag-england","tag-illumination","tag-ma","tag-massachusetts","tag-mayflower","tag-pilgrims","tag-plymouth","tag-plymouth-colony","tag-thanksgiving","tag-thanksgiving-celebrations"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}