Bush to Shine Light On Virginia Plantation

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NORFOLK, Va. -- The Pilgrims' feast in Massachusetts has always overshadowed Berkeley Plantation's place in history. Now, a planned visit from President Bush has some Virginians giving thanks for the recognition.

Today, the president plans to stop by the plantation on the banks of the James River, where English settlers held a thanksgiving service almost two years before what is traditionally known as the nation's first Thanksgiving in New England.

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Bush to Shine Light On Virginia Plantation

"It's such a wonderful piece of history that I think has been sort of lost in the mists of time," Peggy DeBellis Bruce, president of Virgini...

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