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Turkey Day History: The Two Thanksgivings of 1871

November 23, 2022 by Herb Hallas 6 Comments

1871 turkey plucking harpersFor about a week in 1871, New Yorkers were in a quandary about Thanksgiving. On October 25, New York Governor John T. Hoffman designated Thursday, November 23 as Thanksgiving Day for the state.

In his Thanksgiving Day proclamation, the Tammany Hall Democrat urged New Yorkers to spend time on that day to declare “their gratitude to God for all his mercies” and to “remember especially the poor.” [Read more…] about Turkey Day History: The Two Thanksgivings of 1871

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Food, History, New York City Tagged With: Abe Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Cultural History, Holidays, John Hoffman, Political History, Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Ulysses S Grant

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life

October 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Benjamin Franklin Butler A Noisy, Fearless LifeBenjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

In her new biography, Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2022), Elizabeth D. Leonard chronicles Butler’s successful career in the law defending the rights of the Lowell Mill girls and other workers, his achievements as one of Abraham Lincoln’s premier civilian generals, and his role in developing wartime policy in support of fugitives from enslavement as the nation advanced toward emancipation. [Read more…] about Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: Abolition, Andrew Johnson, Civil Rights, Civil War, Ku Klux Klan, Labor History, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Society, Military History, Political History, Reconstruction, Slavery, Underground Railroad

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