Giving Thanks : A Way Of Life / Walt Prezette| produced by Dick Brooks and David Collins of The Superior Radio Network. - Commemorative history of Thanksgiving| its origins, and a history of the foods traditionally ascribed to the holiday. CONTENT: First sightings of Euramericans by Native New Englanders, the role of Thanksgiving in personal introspection, and how the Turkey became the food of choice for Thanksgiving dinner. Prezette goes on to discuss how Abraham Lincoln codified Thanksgiving as a national event in 1863, and how Native Americans retain the true meaning of Thanksgiving as a way of forgiving other humans. The program concludes with an examination of how turkeys are currently raised commercially. - RECORDED: 1992.
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