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Manuscripts Curator Reflects on How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday

By Dan Modlin

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkyu/local-wkyu-936742.mp3

Bowling Green, KY – How did Thanksgiving Day become a National Holiday? And did the Pilgrims consume a few alcoholic beverages at the first Thanksgiving Day feast? Manuscripts Curator Jonathon Jeffrey of the Kentucky Libaray and Museum has studied the lives of the Pilgrims and provides some perspective..... He talks with Dan Modlin