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🐝 Issue #41 Thanksgiving, Walk & Talk, Holiday Parade
Plantation News & Events
Aston Bright
November 27, 2025
Today is Thanksgiving and the 331st day of the year. Only 34 days left in 2025. The big two holidays are under the horizon but approaching fast.
Special reader shoutout to one of our most avid readers: Will Bacon 🥓.
Will is also a Battalion Chief with the Plantation Fire Dept. We thank him for his dedication & service to our amazing city! 💪
The incredible Plantation 🎅 Holiday Parade was last Sat. Plantation HS teacher Joe Vallone was the Grand Marshal. Joe Vallone interview on the parade route.
🕎 Chanukah parade is 12/16.
I’m Aston Bright the publisher of the Plantation Buzz. I’m a local kid & Plantation Firefighter who loves Plantation. I created the buzz to shine a light on our great city.
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🧠 Fun Facts 🦃 Thanksgiving didn’t start with turkey, football, and Amazon panic-buying.
Imagine England in the 1500s. No Netflix, no DoorDash, and a major religious shake-up.
In 1534, King Henry VIII basically rage-quit the Catholic Church and made his own version, the Church of England. And the journey to Thanksgiving began…
Breaking away from the official church was illegal. Like trying to stream a movie on a flight before the Wi-Fi actually connects. So those who wanted to leave, the Separatists, bounced to the Netherlands for safety.
After 12 years, they decided it was time to move again, probably saying something like:
“We want a place where we can worship freely AND get a fresh start. Also somewhere the rent won’t randomly double.”
So, in September 1620, 102 passengers boarded the Mayflower.
Some were Separatists; others were just looking for opportunity. Basically the 17th-century version of moving to America to “see what happens.”
They headed to America. It began in 1621, when the Pilgrims (formerly known as Separatists), who absolutely would’ve texted “We made it to America safe 🙌” if they’d had Wi-Fi; arrived after a rough 66-day boat ride.
They weren’t originally headed for New England (think: GPS rerouting), but storms pushed them off course. Their first winter was brutal, and only about half survived. 😳
Then came Squanto and the Wampanoag people (Native Americans, formerly known as Indians) who stepped in like the ultimate “community support team.” Teaching them how to grow corn and actually live on the land. Think Amazon Prime free next day shipping of corn.
By fall, the Pilgrims harvested their first crops and threw a three-day feast. No turkey. No stuffing. Just venison, seafood, cornbread, and porridge. A very 1600s “farm-to-table” situation.
They gave thanks for survival, new allies, and making it through a year that would’ve broken most of us (even with modern coffee).
And that moment of gratitude eventually became the Thanksgiving we celebrate today.
Abraham Lincoln wouldn’t make Thanksgiving a national holiday until 1863.
Because apparently it took 242 years for someone to say, “Hey, maybe we should do this every year.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
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🧯 Thanksgiving Safety message from the Plantation Fire Department. There are 1400 kitchen fires on Thanksgiving every year. No kitchen fires today please. Stay safe.
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🚶🗣️ Plantation Walk & Talk is a new event coming to the city. Central Park Dec 3 at 5p. Learn more from Sam Prezant at Plantation Walk and Talk.
🏃♀️ Aden Perry Hero 5K Race is only 8 days away.
A 5K run/walk to honor the life and celebrate the legacy of Aden Perry and his most selfless and heroic act that made him a hero. Aden is now an angel and a recipient of the Carnegie Hero Award.
Proceeds to help kids in their academic journey. Read his story here.
🎉 There were lots of elected City officials at the Plantation Holiday Parade (including a US Congresswoman)!
🕺 💃 Israeli Folk Dancing Classes 3 lovely ladies from Argentina are leading, “Let’s Lirkod!” at Temple Kol Ami and the Posnack JCC in Davie. Details
🎅 🕎 Holiday Parade Grand Marshal Joe Vallone’s interview with me while on the parade route.
✈️ Where in the World is Dr. Bob was at the holiday parade as the MC for the holiday parade. He did an amazing job as usual especially when Santa came by on the Fire Truck!
🗣️ Plantation Walk & Talk post by Sam Prezant in Plantation Nation. This is a new mental health event walk/run happening in central part 12/3 at 5p. He appeared on Plantation Buzz TV to talk about it.
📕 Bonnie Loves To Read took a trip to a quaint bookstore in Fort Lauderdale.
🔵 Blue Bags! A post about our favorite topic from a newcomer to the city. Some love them, some don’t. The conversation is STILL going on this…. Check it out and share your views about Blue Bags! 😜 Plantation Nation
🧴 Anne is looking for a good dermatologist. Plantation Nation post
🛒 The Mayor posted about the Gateway Advisory Board member was featured in the Sun-Sentinel this week. Natasha DeWet owns Dutchy’s Sausages on SR 7. We love the Gateway and love to see the improvements happening there! Plantation Nation
⛳️Golf Brings Friends Together Trick shots by Gabby!
🧑💻👩🔧 Plantation Job Board! Need a job? The City of Plantation is hiring! Apply today: Available jobs.
👨 Mayor’s Minute Update with Nick Sortal for the week of November 24th
🎸 Live Music/Entertainment
Boca Black Box, Boca Raton - Schedule
DAER / Rooftop LIVE Hard Rock Guitar Hotel - Schedule
The Casino at Dania Beach - Schedule
11/28-11/30 Aries Spears Fort Lauderdale Improv
12/14 Santa’s Toy Drive Car & Truck Show Plantation Walk 11a-3p
In Other News…
There is a Bill working its way through the Florida House to abolish HOA’s. 😳
Important Events that happened on Nov 27th!
2015 The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia. Dubbed the "Holy Grail of shipwrecks," the ship and its contents were estimated to be worth a staggering $17 billion!
2013 Walt Disney’s “Frozen” was released in American movie theaters.
2005 The first partial facial transplant was given to Isabelle Dinoire in France after a dog attacked her.
2001 Osiris became the first discovered exoplanet with an atmosphere.
1962 The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
1826 British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident. Walker was experimenting with flammable pastes to use in guns. He created the match when the wooden tool he used to mix the substances in his paste scraped and caught fire. Walker never patented the matchstick.
Final Thoughts
Let’s find out what is really important. Vote in this week’s reader poll.
🧡 Thanksgiving Throwback Poll - If the Pilgrims had modern tech, which absurd-but-fun update would’ve changed history? |
Last Week’s Poll Results:
🎈 National Absurdity Day Poll! 🤪 The future is weird… and it’s only getting weirder. What’s something totally absurd today that might be completely normal in 50 years?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤖 Robots as roommates: arguing over who forgot to charge who
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🛸 Daily commute by flying car: traffic jams... in the sky
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍽️ Meals in pill form: “Dinner? Just take these three tablets.”
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🌍 Vacations on Mars: red-planet tan, anyone?
Readers Comments
TopSlate voted for meals in pill form. And she wrote, “I say this every day at my house. Deciding what to have for dinner, shopping for it, cooking it, and then cleaning it up is not fun. It’s a never-ending chore And I remember my mom saying it too. And I expect my son to say it some day as well.”
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👨🚒 Aston Bright - Publisher, 🐝 The Plantation Buzz
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