Ave Maria in the Afternoon – November 28, 2024 – Hour 2
We discuss the history and meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday with Melanie Kirkpatrick and Richard Samuelson.
President Washington and America’s National Holiday
Thanksgiving is a peculiar holiday. It’s religious by nature but is celebrated in a nation that is, at least as far as the law is concerned, secular. It reminds us of the peculiar character of the American nation and the President’s role in it. We talk more with Richard Samuelson.
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A National Thanksgiving: President Washington and America’s National Holiday

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Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience
We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little-known history beyond the famous Pilgrim feast of 1621. Melanie Kirkpatrick joins us.

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