Extra! Extra! Read all about how the Pilgrims DIDN'T eat turkey on Thanksgiving!

Lies! Lies! Lies! All lies! I just cannot believe that here we have the truth in our hands...that I don't know, have been around for at least 400 years, and yet Social Studies textbooks are still publishing a "pretty picture."  What do these textbook authors think they are doing? "Let's just see how many people we can get to believe us."  Yes, I do know that there are some graphic things in history that maybe young students are not emotionally ready to here or read; however, COMPLETELY changing the story is, let's see..what's the word...LYING!  I knew some things about the "First Thanksgiving" that were not true in textbooks from an AP US History course I took in high school; however, I did not know about a lot of the story.  OK fine..I know that stories get around and one person says one thing and then 50 people repeat the same thing and add a little embellishment; however, what bothers me is that people KNOW that those story are not true, and yet, nothing is done about it?  I do feel mislead, but I am glad that we went over some of these "misconceptions", to put it lightly, so that my future students can know the truth and not just the "pretty picture" version.