Thanksgiving began as a meal cementing a political alliance between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indian tribe. Two hundred and forty years later it became a national holiday - an effort by Abraham Lincoln to unite and heal the nation after the civil war. Larry Mantle talks with Yale University's Kathleen Donegan about the origins and evolution of Thanksgiving, and about the significant role the story has played in shaping the American identity.
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