BackStory with the American History Guys » sports http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory with the American History Guys » sports http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving http://backstoryradio.org/american-as-pumpkin-pie-a-history-of-thanksgiving/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-as-pumpkin-pie-a-history-of-thanksgiving http://backstoryradio.org/american-as-pumpkin-pie-a-history-of-thanksgiving/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:00:15 +0000 VFHwebdev http://www.virginiafoundation.org/vfhradio/backstory/wordpress_2_6_2/?p=166 When we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, we think we know what we’re commemorating. But if an actual Pilgrim were to attend your Thanksgiving, chances are he’d be stunned by what he saw there. In this episode, historian James McWilliams discusses why the Puritans would have turned up their noses at our “traditional” Thanksgiving foods. Religion scholar Anne Blue Wills reveals the Victorian  origins of our modern holiday, and one woman’s campaign to fix it on the national calendar. An archeologist at Colonial Williamsburg explains what garbage has to tell us about early American diets. And legendary NFL quarterback Roger Staubach describes what it was like to spend every turkey day on the football field.

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Web Exclusives

So that you might have something to look at while listening to a couple of highlights from our show, we compiled two special audio slide shows. Watch them here.

Further Reading

Want to learn more about the history of Thanksgiving? Check out a list of sources that the History Guys put together to learn more.

Even Further

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/american-as-pumpkin-pie-a-history-of-thanksgiving/feed/ 23 agriculture,civil war,domesticity,food and drink,holidays,native american history,religious history,social history,sports,traditions When we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, we think we know what we’re commemorating. But if an actual Pilgrim were to attend your Thanksgiving, chances are he’d be stunned, and a little disgusted, by what transpired there. (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2011/11/boy-w-turkey.jpg)When we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, we think we know what we’re commemorating. But if an actual Pilgrim were to attend your Thanksgiving, chances are he’d be stunned by what he saw there. In this episode, historian James McWilliams discusses why the Puritans would have turned up their noses at our "traditional" Thanksgiving foods. Religion scholar Anne Blue Wills reveals the Victorian  origins of our modern holiday, and one woman's campaign to fix it on the national calendar. An archeologist at Colonial Williamsburg explains what garbage has to tell us about early American diets. And legendary NFL quarterback Roger Staubach describes what it was like to spend every turkey day on the football field. Guests Include: * Roger Staubach (http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=201), former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys * Anne Blue Wills (http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x6041.xml?ss=print), Professor of Religion and author of "Pilgrims and Progress: How Magazines Made Thanksgiving (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2008/11/pilgrims-and-progress.pdf)" (PDF) * Joanne Bowen, Curator of Zooarchaeology (http://www.history.org/media/podcasts/060809/Zooarchaeology.cfm) at Colonial Williamsburg * James McWilliams (http://www.txstate.edu/history/people/faculty/mcwilliams.html), historian and author of A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America Web Exclusives So that you might have something to look at while listening to a couple of highlights from our show, we compiled two special audio slide shows. Watch them here. (http://backstoryradio.org/american-as-pumpkin-pie-web-exclusives/) Further Reading Want to learn more about the history of Thanksgiving? Check out a list (http://backstoryradio.org/american-as-pumpkin-pie-further-reading/) of sources that the History Guys put together to learn more. Even Further * Full Show Transcript (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/11/american-as-pumpkin-pie-transcript/) BackStory with the American History Guys no 54:51