06 Franksgiving

An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "06 Franksgiving" was published on November 27, 2014 and runs 12 minutes.

November 27, 2014 ·12m · The Weird History Podcast

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The United States has been a divided nation plenty of times. It’s been divided about slavery, about politics, about culture and, very importantly, about when to celebrate Thanksgiving. Related Links: Holiday Highlights, a 1940 Merrie Melodies cartoon, showed the date of Thanksgiving as November 21st for Democrats, and November 28th for Republicans. Daily Kos, Huffington Post, and Washington Times on Franksgiving. The 1941 bill that finally established Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday.

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