what some people forget /ignore

During an interview on  Today in 2003, with the author of a book urging families to learn more about the history of Thanksgiving and to appreciate being American, NBC's Ann Curry countered: "You know there are some American Indians who feel that Thanksgiving should be a day of mourning not a day of celebration because of what happened to their people. So how do you want us to think about them?"

Edward Bleier , the author, responded, saying: "I wrote the history very carefully. It acknowledged the pilgrim's gratitude toward the American Indians, without whom there would have been no Thanksgiving.."