EPISODE · Nov 29, 2002 · 13 MIN
Patriotism, Thanksgiving - and Apple Sauce
from Letter from America: The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004) · host BBC Radio 4
Alistair Cooke looks back to the origins of the festival and remembers the day in 1938 when Franklin D Roosevelt declared 24 November to be "a day of general Thanksgiving".
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Patriotism, Thanksgiving - and Apple Sauce
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