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Object of the Week for November 22

A Cornucopia of Thanks

This 34-cent stamp in the National Postal Museum's collection celebrates the gratitude at the heart of the Thanksgiving holiday. Do you put the same food on your own dinner table? What material does this look like it's made out of?

"We Are Grateful - Otsaliheliga" shows the full year of Cherokee gratitude

Links

  1. Read this: a history of the Thanksgiving holiday
  2. Where do some of your favorite Thanksgiving foods come from?
  3. Listen to this Thanksgiving playlist from Smithsonian Folkways Radio
  4. Why does the president pardon turkeys every year?
  5. American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving from NMAI