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This week we held our annual Volunteer and Staff Appreciation Dinner a.k.a. Friendsgiving! We’re so thankful for the support and hard work of all the people who make the museum run smoothly each and every day. #westporthistory #westportct #westportmuseum #thankful #friendsgiving #museum #family #friends #volunteers #staff #dinner

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American friends and family! Check out our Podcast! Our first episode is all about the first Thanksgiving. Test your knowledge and find out who was there and what they actually ate. Our Executive Director, Ramin Ganeshram, who is also a trained chef, talks to Julliard trained actor and WM board member, Greg Porretta in this fascinating listen. You can tune in on Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, PocketCasts, Amazon Music, Audible, and iHeartRadio. More platforms coming soon!

As we get ready for our Thanksgiving dinners, please enjoy this excellent perusal into the book "The Truth About Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England." Author Meg Muckenhoupt chats with our Executive Director, Ramin Ganeshram about New England's culinary myths and reality through the region's most famous food: baked beans, brown bread, clams, cod and lobster, maple syrup, pies, and Yankee pot roast. A link to the video can be found in our LinkTree. Happy Thanksgiving!

Let’s talk about the Wampanoag tribe's incredible revitalization efforts of their native language. Known commonly as the native people involved in the “first Thanksgiving” in 1621, the Wampanoag lived in what are today southeastern Massachusetts and parts of eastern Rhode Island. There are currently two federally recognized Wampanoag tribes: the Mashpee Wampanoag (Mashpee, MA) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Cape Head (Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, MA). The Wampanoag language, Wôpanâak, was almost lost to European colonization. Europeans forced the Wampanoag to speak English in school and insisted that all legal documents be written in English while banning the publication of books written in Wôpanâak. As a result, by the late 19th century it was considered extinct. Was this the end of Wôpanâak? It seemed so, until 30 years ago when Mashpee tribe member Jessie Little Doe Baird (pictured above) experienced a dream where she heard her ancestors speaking to her but could not understand them. She interpreted this as a sign that she and her people must learn their ancestral language. Baird studied linguistics, obtaining a master's degree in Algonquian Languages from MIT in 2000. Since Wôpanâak was the first Native language with a writing system, Baird was able to compile a Wôpanâak dictionary and grammar book by studying old Wôpanâak documents. However, because Wôpanâak had not been used for over a century, determining how Wôpanâak should be spoken required Baird and language revitalization activists to study other Algonquian languages for reference.

Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift this holiday season? Why not send a loved one a hand cut silhouette crafted right before your eyes. Artist Deborah O’Connor has nearly 40 years of experience recreating likenesses in the classic cut paper silhouette technique. This unique gift not only preserves your subject—children, pets, the whole family! —but a portion also supports the Museum.

Looking for something to keep little hands and ravenous guests busy this Thanksgiving? Stop by Westport Museum’s gift shop and pick up Color-Your-Own Turkey placemats by Hester & Cook! $2.85 each or $26 for a set of 12, they retail for $30. A fun activity for the whole family. We’re giving thanks for our Museum patrons and guests this week and would love to see you soon! #westporthistory #westportct #thanksgiving #westport #givethanks #coloryourown #hesterandcook #coloring #placemats #fun #holidays

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