No one knows the exact date that the Pilgrims at Plymouth hosted 90 Native Americans and their chief, Massasoit, to celebrate an abundant harvest. History tells us that, in the autumn of 1621, their celebration lasted for three days. They feasted on fowl, brewed beer and enjoyed games.
Mozart and Verdi have set it to music in their Requiems. Berlioz and Listz have borrowed its sober tones for their own compositions. Even modern day film and TV composers have borrowed generously from its treasure e.g. “Young Bess,” “The Mission” and “the Shining.”
In one year alone (2012), Belgium boasted of 1,432 legal cases of euthanasia. Belgium even sanctions euthanasia for children over the age of 12 with parental consent. Now, delirious with the culture of death, it is looking to extend euthanasia to children below the age of 12.