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History trumps shopping

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Published 11/28/09

Some people were shopping yesterday, while others were fixing turkey sandwiches with leftovers.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Eleanor Anderson, right, explains how Native Americans would have prepared fish cakes. Anderson and other volunteers at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater offered Native American cooking demonstrations Friday to celebrate American Indian Heritage Day, an official state holiday.
Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater offered Native American cooking demonstrations Friday to celebrate American Indian Heritage Day, an official state holiday.
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Eleanor Anderson was stirring fresh cranberry sauce over a hot fire in a hearth and showing little ones how to crush sunflower seeds with a stone.

Anderson, a retired teacher from Davidsonville, was volunteering at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, which celebrated American Indian Heritage Day with a program on Native American cooking.

As of last year, the day after Thanksgiving has been designated an official state holiday to honor Native Americans in Maryland.

Few people know about or acknowledge this new...

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