Thanksgiving (United States)
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11/21/1995 - Almanac, Vol. 42, No. 13, Page 8
A Folklorist's View of the Ubiquitious, Universal, Populist Turkey and Thanksgiving By Esa l Sanchez It has not always been easy to be a turkey in America. In our beginnings as a nation, there was a big argument about what should be the great American symbol, according to Hum Rosen Professor of Folklore and Folklife Roger D. Abrahams. The choices seesawed between the bald eagle and the turkey.
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