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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Franksgiving! (1939) w/ Adam Conover
Description: It’s November 26th. On this day in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had declared that Thanksgiving would take place a week earlier than usual. Americans were not happy.
Jody and Niki are joined by Adam Conover of “Adam Ruins Everything” and the podcast Factually to discuss why FDR tried to move the holiday, how it became politicized, and what Thanksgiving means to us in 2020.
Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory
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