Happy Thanksgiving! A lot of blogs are taking the day off today, but we thought we’d stay true to our name. Thanksgiving is another day, so we have another job.

Do you wish you could go back to the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation or The Virginia Colony? Do you long for the days before electricity? When Thanksgiving turkey came from the wild? When your livelihood actually depended on the success of the Fall harvest?

After you graduate, why not go back in time? Both Plimoth Plantation (yes, that’s how they spell it) and Colonial Williamsburg have job opportunities in their living history museums. If you love history, why not recreate it to help others learn? You can live like our forefathers did at the First Thanksgiving and get paid for it. Plimoth Plantation is currently hiring an Apprentice in 17th-Century Carpentry, while Colonial Williamsburg is hiring and auditioning for a number of positions. Both of these living museums have other job options, but why would you want to do anything other than be a colonial?

Enjoy your modern Thanksgiving dinner while your family grills you about what you’re doing after you graduate. Hopefully One Day, One Job will help you come up with a great answer.

Note: On April 21st we revisited entry-level jobs at Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• The Plimoth Plantation Home Page
• The Plimoth Plantation Jobs Page
• The Plimoth Plantation Job Application
• Wikipedia Article on the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation
• Colonial Williamsburg Home Page
• Colonial Williamsburg Careers Page
• Trades at Colonial Williamsburg
• Wikipedia Article on the First Thanksgiving at The Virginia Colony

Know something about working in the past? Want to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving? Leave a comment.

We've identified Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg as having career opportunities in the following categories:

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• living history
• Massachusetts
• museum
• Virginia

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