Keywords: Thanksgiving Day
Item 72
Thanksgiving Day at Casco Street School, Portland, 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 65985
Thanksgiving Costume Party, Farmington State Normal School, 1917
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1917 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4
"Some of them like Easter, and Passover are religious holidays, while others like Thanksgiving are native just to America."
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Story
The Year We Had Two Thanksgiving Days
by John Brooks Howard
The story is about a 1939 trip to Grand Lake Stream and Thanksgiving with Geo W MacArthur and family
Story
My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson
I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea
