Thanksgiving Reconsidered

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This episode covers President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s decision to move the date of Thanksgiving with the hope of helping businesses that were trying to recover from the Great Depression – and the controversy that caused. 

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Rachel Herrmann charts the long history of America’s famous holiday – from modern parades and celebrations to the first feast From the fabled first feast between the Pilgrims and Native Americans to the darker side of the holiday's history, the American tradition of Thanksgiving ...  Afficher plus

What Thanksgiving traditions do you cherish? Today, Stephen Nichols explores Thanksgiving's roots in church history, highlighting how the holiday has helped Christians focus on the biblical theme of gratitude throughout the years.

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It’s November 26th. On this day in 1939, Presi ...