Chris Salcedo took time on his show to honor the late Rush Limbaugh by retelling what conservative listeners have long known as the true story of Thanksgiving — a story of gratitude, faith, and cooperation between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Salcedo’s segment leaned into the tradition Rush kept alive for decades, reminding listeners that the holiday is rooted in charity, mutual aid, and a rugged, God-centered American spirit.
The narrative Salcedo shared rejects the modern left’s preferred version that turns every founding moment into guilt and grievance; instead it points to practical friendship and survival when settlers and indigenous people helped one another through hard times. This is not some sanitized fairy tale but the plain truth: ordinary people from different backgrounds worked together to survive a brutal winter and then celebrated the harvest with gratitude.
What should anger every patriotic American is how institutions and the culture-war class have tried to erase this story and replace it with political sermonizing. They want us to feel ashamed of our history rather than thankful for the lessons of self-reliance, faith, and neighborly charity that built this country. Conservatives like Salcedo aren’t rewriting history — they’re defending the full story against cynical revisionism that seeks to hollow out national pride.
Salcedo’s tribute to Rush was also a reminder that conservative media still keeps alive traditions the mainstream would rather forget, broadcasting these reminders to millions who still believe America’s story is worth celebrating. That he used his platform to retell the Thanksgiving story is exactly the kind of stewardship of national memory we need, not the constant erosion of our past by academic and media elites. Listeners tuning in got a dose of genuine American patriotism, not another lecture in guilt.
On this Thanksgiving, the conservative message is simple and necessary: teach your children the truth about our origins, the value of hard work, and the meaning of gratitude. Rush did that for years, and Chris Salcedo carried that torch with clear purpose — to remind Americans that faith, family, and freedom are what turned hardship into blessing.
If we want to defend a free and flourishing America, we must defend its holidays from those who would turn them into political weapons. Celebrate Thanksgiving as it was meant to be — a day to give thanks, to honor those who helped one another, and to pass on a legacy of resilience to the next generation. Conservative voices will keep telling that truth, and hardworking Americans will keep answering it.
