"How the Civil War Created Thanksgiving" Topic
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 Nashville  | 26 Nov 2014 10:11 a.m. PST |
Of all the bedtime-story versions of American history we teach, the tidy Thanksgiving pageant may be the one stuffed with the heaviest serving of myth. This iconic tale is the main course in our nation's foundation legend, complete with cardboard cutouts of bow-carrying Native American cherubs and pint-size Pilgrims in black hats with buckles. And legend it largely is. In fact, what had been a New England seasonal holiday became more of a "national" celebration only during the Civil War, with Lincoln's proclamation calling for "a day of thanksgiving" in 1863.
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| Rebelyell2006 | 26 Nov 2014 1:04 p.m. PST |
I was reading the Harper's Weekly for November 26, 1864, and their illustrations for Thanksgiving were fascinating, particularly the two-page spread with Lincoln surrounded by thankful soldiers and civilians, scenes of infantry eating turkey dinners in a trench while still on guard, sailors sitting at tables behind ship guns, and scowling Lee and Davis on one small panel. It was pretty fascinating. |
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