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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

Home to Thanksgiving!  

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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Updated 18 May, 2005