Heather Cox Richardson
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Thanksgiving | Journey to American Democracy
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3:01Now PlayingThe U.S. celebration of Thanksgiving began not with the Pilgrims but with President Abraham Lincoln, who used Thanksgiving celebrations during the Civil War to reinforce support for the American nation and for a new birth of freedom.
WRITTEN & NARRATED BY
Heather Cox Richardson
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The Library of Congress
The New York Public Library
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"Prelude No. 13" by Chris Zabriskie
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