2009-11-19 / General Stories
Thanksgiving Tradition Continues in Putnam
Candlelight service at Cold Spring’s Chapel of Our Lady Restoration will be followed by a great feast
Like all great traditions, the Thanksgiving Candlelight Service and Putnam County Historical Society Thanksgiving Dinner is older than most of its participants. Its institution is a tribute to the Pilgrim settlers who founded this country, and the form it takes honors the same Providence that rescued them from persecution and privation.
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