American Thanksgiving
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Traces the evolution of the Thanksgiving celebration from the early New England harvest festival into a national holiday. Examines the relationships of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to the observance of the holiday. Shows the holiday being observed by a family in the mid-fifties., Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "American Thanksgiving" (season 3, episode 6), which originally aired November 23, 1954 on ABC-TV. This film traces the evolution of the American Thanksgiving celebration from an early New England harvest festival into a national holiday. Examines the relationships of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to the observance of the holiday. Shows the holiday being observed by a family in the mid-1950's.
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Traces the evolution of the Thanksgiving celebration from the early New England harvest festival into a national holiday. Examines the relationships of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to the observance of the holiday. Shows the holiday being observed by a family in the mid-fifties., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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