The holidays got me thinking. For American soldiers/sailors/marines every effort was made to provide a turkey dinner to the man on the front and getting a turkey dinner was quite a morale booster and a connection to home. However, how frequently was turkey served during the Great Depression? Most families were poor and soup kitchens (hidden today from public view via EBT cards) didn't necessarily serve turkey. The Roaring '20s probably saw a lot of turkey being served then but I wonder how many American servicemen really had turkey during the '30s? It was a decade long Great Depression and there was no shortage of poverty. Some guys were underweight and were rejected from the service until they put on a few more pounds.
Don't know about the Great Depression but I have read that the Germans heard the Americans in the Ardennes would be lining up for a hot turkey dinner. Germans ain't stupid. I've read that it was bad.
Don't know about the Great Depression but I have read that the Germans heard the Americans in the Ardennes would be lining up for a hot turkey dinner. Germans ain't stupid. I've read that it was bad.
Don't know about the Great Depression but I have read that the Germans heard the Americans in the Ardennes would be lining up for a hot turkey dinner. Germans ain't stupid. I've read that it was bad. Ah: But like most of the Thanksgiving traditions we know today, turkey didn't become widely synonymous with that November holiday until the mid-19th century. This was largely thanks to the efforts of the writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale, who became known as the “mother of Thanksgiving.”Nov 20, 2023 Why We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving | HISTORY
I'm not sure the Holidays actually had a bearing on the Holiday festivities. For the majority yah' sure, but for some it was just another day. Either income balance or Religious Cultural expectations determines perspective. I myself haven't seen the past few "New Years". !!!! Not that I'm old or anything, but I honestly don't care. And it's been a few years since I've witnessed Midnight. Having said that : A hot meal when you're living in constant,.... let's face it - fear, makes one feel Human.
I think, therefore I am… Thinking is an illusion…whilst pain is also an illusion, my take is, ‘I feel pain, therefore I am’. Here’s a question I’ve pondered…Do you consider your inner voice, your mind speaking (apparently not all humans have it) to be YOU or someone or something else? My mind talks to me like they/it is someone else.
Its me. And to be perfectly honest I scare myself. Some of my dreams would cause Steven King to go insane. Or Hawking to reconsider the entire Cosmology theorem.
I've read about Soviets infilitrating the Gerrman lines at hours of darkness and joining the gastkanone line to get something to eat. Socializing (stealing) the Hiterites' food. I don't think I've ever read an account of a German doing the same to the Americans AND it would serve the Germans right if they snuck into a British chowline and ate corned beef stew and biscuits (hardtack). Heimatpas (or shot desertion)! I remember from my Civil War readings that Abe declared a Day of Thanksgiving in 1863 and made it nationwide. I don't think Billy Yank got anything other than salt horse (corned beef), hard tack and coffee.
