Lecture: A History of Thanksgiving with Dr. Cyril Lagvanec

Historian Cyril M. Lagvanec, PhD, will deliver an illustrated lecture titled "The History of Thanksgiving" on Tuesday, November 17, 7 pm, at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Avenue in Metairie).
Topics will include the arrival of the Pilgrims in the New World in the Massachusetts colony, relations with the Indigenous peoples, and the successful 1621 harvest season, after which around 50 colonists and roughly 90 Wampanoag people shared a three-day feast of deer, fowl and local crops.
Dr. Lagvanec delivers monthly lectures at the Jefferson Parish Library. He earned his undergraduate degree in history from Baylor University, his master’s degree in British and European History from Tulane University, and his doctoral degree in American History from Texas A&M University. Through his long career, Dr. Lagvanec has taught at Jesuit High School, Tulane, Loyola, Delgado, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, East Carolina University, and Texas A&M.