Thanksgiving is behind us. It is one of my favorite holidays because it is so distinctly American, crossing regional, ethnic and racial boundaries. When discussing the meals we had among ourselves, we learned that our tables groaned with the usual surfeit of meats -- turkey and ham -- but also lasagna, antipasti, a turducken, macaroni and cheese, chittlins, rutabaga mash, Portuguese stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn bread, pecan pie, cranberries, roasted red peppers with fresh mozzarella, sliced salami, and for our lone vegetarian, pizza made from scratch and Mutsu apple crisp-- a veritable cornucopia, and an expression of our families' diversity. And so we leave Thanksgiving for another year with a little regret, and a look at a few of our favorite Eagle Thanksgiving photographs.
This photo from 1953 shows Packer students preparing food donations
Three residents from the Brooklyn Home for the Aged circa 1951
The Thanksgiving dinner for tots in the Salvation Army's Ridgewood Day Nursery, 1950
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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