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Elesha Coffman is managing editor of Christian History magazine.

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More Christian history, including a list of events that occurred this week in the church's past, is available at ChristianHistory.net. Subscriptions to the quarterly print magazine are also available.

Also appearing on our site today:

Opinion Roundup: Let Us Give Thanks | What are Christian thought leaders thankful for this year? (Nov. 21, 2001)

The online site of the Plimouth Plantation has everything you ever wanted to know about Plymouth Colony and the first Thanksgiving(s).

Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation declared: "I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."

For more on the American Puritans, see highlights from Christian Historyissue 41.

See Christianity Today'sThanksgiving channel for more articles.

Christian History Corner appears every Friday at ChristianityToday.com. Previous editions include:

Where Are the Women? | The Christian tradition includes few female history-writers but plenty of female history-makers.

God Bless, More or Less | Irving Berlin's anthem captures America. (Nov. 2, 2001)

Festival of Fears | What's scarier than Halloween? The anxieties that drive it. (Oct. 26, 2001)

Forget 'Normal' | C.S. Lewis's warning against panic during World War II resonates in our new crisis. (Oct. 19, 2001)

Apocalypse Not | As speculations mount regarding the significance of recent events in God's plan for the end of the world, voices from the past urge restraint. (Oct. 12, 2001)

'He Does Not War' | In the Anabaptist tradition, a Christian must never fight back. (Sept. 28, 2001)

A Time For War? | Augustine's "just war" theory continues to guide the West. (Sept. 21, 2001)

The House That Jack Built | C.S. Lewis and six of his literary friends open their doors to students and researchers at Wheaton College's impressive new Wade Center facility. (Sept. 14, 2001)

Raiders of the Lost R | Documentary on School skips religious history, giving a skewed account of American education. (Sept. 7, 2001)

Explaining the Ineffable | In Heaven Below, a former Pentecostal argues that his ancestors were neither as outlandish as they seemed nor as otherworldly as they wish to seem. (Aug. 31, 2001)

Eyewitness to a Massacre | The bloodbath that started on August 24, 1572, left thousands of corpses and dozens of disturbing questions. (Aug. 24, 2001)

Live Long and Prosper | Though a recent survey raises questions, the health benefits of faith have been documented for centuries. (Aug. 17, 2001)

Divided by Communion | What a church does in remembrance of Christ says a lot about its history and identity. (Aug. 10, 2001)

Thrills, Chills, Architecture? | The most exciting adventure at St. Paul's Cathedral would be a time-traveling jaunt through its history. (August 3, 2001)

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November (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45