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Thanksgiving As I am writing this “blog” I am thinking of a man I had come to know when I was installed as a member of the Beacon United Presbyterian Church, affiliated with the United Kensington Presbyterian Larger Parish of Philadelphia that included, The Wilkey Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Twelfth United Presbyterian Church and Trinity United Presbyterian Church.   The man of whom I am referring is the late Reverend Dr. Edward Bradford Davis, who was then Senior Pastor of the Parish.   Sadly, the Parish does not exist today.   Whenever Dr. Davis met new comers, or persons at various functions, he would proudly share with them his being a descendant of William Bradford who, with other passengers sailed on the Mayflower from England to “The New World.”   Dr. Edward Bradford Davis, this is dedicated to you. When I started elementary school, we were taught about the “First Thanksgiving;” how Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower, landed in Plymouth Rock, ...