Thanksgiving 2019 – We Hope You Enjoy This Years Thanksgiving Letter.
Our office will be closed on Nov 28th and 29th, 2019.
Well, it’s that time of year again. Valentine’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Summer Vacation, Labor Day and Halloween are all in the rearview mirror and all that’s left of 2019 is Thanksgiving and Christmas. Arguably, the best time of the year for joy, gratitude, reflection and renewal, time with family and loved ones and plenty of yumminess to consume and imbibe.
Boxes of decorations are coming out of the storage sheds and garage rafters and homes across America are being magically transformed into amazing wonderlands of seasonal décor as moms and dads are eating the last of the fun sized Snickers bars and Butterfingers in the bottom of those old pillowcases that were overflowing with treats a few short weeks ago.
Every Year, I reflect upon what Thanksgiving in America is all about. Why we celebrate it, try to impart a little historical relevance to it and hopefully impart a perspective lost in our current culture of negativity and the vilifying of those who risked it all and sacrificed their lives to toil, hardship and overwhelming adversity to establish what has become the greatest, most benevolent, charitable and accomplished civilization in the history of the world.
Stepping back in time for a quick flyover, you will see that throughout the epochs of recorded history, there has been an underlying theme of oppression, subjugation, genocide and misery for most of the people who ever lived, UNTIL America Became a Country. If we go back as far as the Phonecians, we remember they conquered a region which is today Syria, Lebanon and Northern Israel. They are credited with developing the alphabet (phonics anyone?), shipbuilding, glass making and the production of dyes and luxury goods. Seems like some pretty amazing people. They worshipped Yamm, the god of the sea and brother of Mot, the God of Death. This is where Baal worship began and the Evil Queen Jezzebel once ruled. Part of their worship involved sacrificing human children by casting them alive into a fire. Okay, maybe they weren’t so wonderful after all.
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Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Adrian Filip, who works as our CAD Design Engineer, on being October 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Adrian Filip
Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Harold Nugent who works in our Rotational Molding Department, on being September 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Harold Nugent
Nominated by her fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Patty Taylor who is our Controller in our Accounting Department, on being August 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Patty Taylor
Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Jose Luis Cornejo who works in our Metal Fabrication and Special Projects Department, on being July 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Jose Luis Cornejo
Nominated by her fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Cheryl Peabody who works in our HR Department, on being June 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Our office will be closed on Thursday July 4th and Friday July 5th, 2019. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, July 8, 2019.
The media today paints these brave and selfless patriots as horrible people who are better forgotten than celebrated. They assign social standards to them from today that didn’t exist then and try to change the reality of that time by projecting their own naive reasoning to people and times they have no understanding of or desire to learn from. George Santayana, a Spanish Philosopher (1863-1952) once said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it (paraphrased). No man or woman in the history of the world was perfect (other than Jesus Christ), but those who selflessly rise above the human condition to fight for the greater good are to be celebrated; even in their imperfection.
Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Edwin Williams who works in our Rotational Molding Department, on being May 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Edwin Williams
Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Roman Rodriguez who works in our Rotational Molding Department, on being April 2019 G.E.M. Winner!
Roman Rodriguez
Nominated by his fellow Peabody Team Members – Congratulations to Nathan Guest who works as our CAD Design Engineer, on being March 2019 G.E.M. Winner!

