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HOME TO THANKSGIVING! |
by Peggy M. Baker,
Director & Librarian, Pilgrim Society
An exhibit sponsored by the
John Carver Inn & Hearth 'n Kettle Restaurants
November - December 1999
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The words conjure up pictures : bright
and frosty New England mornings, a white-steepled church set in rolling hills, the joyous
arrival of a brother or sister home from school, eager children in the back seat of the
family sedan asking "Are we there yet?", grandparents opening the door of the
old homestead, beaming faces of all ages around a crowded dining room table. |
This is Thanksgiving
: images of New England, memories of family.
In addition to prints and posters, essays and poetry celebrating the
New England Thanksgiving and family reunions through the years, we pay tribute to New
England's Lydia Maria Child : writer, editor, gifted scholar, courageous early leader of
the abolitionist movement, and the author of the unofficial Thanksgiving family reunion
anthem "Over the river and through the wood to grandfather's house we go." |
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