Thanksgiving Photos From 'Life' Magazine
Clockwise from top left: President Dwight D. Eisenhower carves a turkey, children in the U.K. eating Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving at Byrd Station, foreign students experience the holiday.
More holiday images from the Life Photo Archive on Google. From military children celebrating Thanksgiving in the United Kingdom to Thanksgiving dinner in Antarctica at Byrd Station in 1964, it doesn't appear this holiday's feast has changed. While the clothing is different and most of the photos are in black and white, the people and the food are the same. Families are still apt to welcome friends and foreigners to their tables, all the while sticking to the basic turkey and various accompanying side dishes.
The image of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Thanksgiving meal in 1952 had me imagining what President-elect Barack Obama might have this year and if, someday, pictures of him carving a turkey will be in historical archives. And, what if we ever elect a vegetarian president? What would he or she carve?
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3 Comments:
A vegetarian president would carve lamb, wouldn't she?
(My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
PerkyMac at 5:09PM on 11/22/08
The chance of the U.S. electing a vegetarian for president is about as non-existant as the chance of them electing an atheist...
Good thing that I live in Canada!
PeanutButter at 5:43PM on 11/22/08
I think a vegetarian would probably be voted in before an atheist. I was offended when Bush said, "I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God..." While it's only one person's belief, he is the leader of my country. I don't see vegetarians being told they shouldn't be considered citizens...or possibly a better analogy, they shouldn't be considered human amongst a species of omnivores.
Cassaendra at 9:33PM on 11/22/08