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Students mark Thanksgiving from a Colonial perspective

Lakeview Academy fourth-graders are joined by parents in a traditional Thanksgiving meal cooked and served outdoors. The annual event helps students learn about the origins of Thanksgiving and what it may have tasted like.

1128tradition6 — Lakeview Academy fourth-graders are joined by parents in a traditional Thanksgiving meal cooked and served outdoors. The annual event helps students learn about the origins of Thanksgiving and what it may have tasted like.

Fourth-grade students at Lakeview Academy recently learned that cooking the first Thanksgiving wasn’t quite as simple as it can be today. “We had this feast where we cooked our own food,” said Cameron Hewatt, 9. “We peeled potatoes and cut stuff, like carrots.