Truman and the No-Turkey Thursday
Faced with a post-war poultry-free-Thursday pledge, President Truman celebrated Thanksgiving in 1947 about the only way possible — he ate it on Wednesday, November 26.
White House Thanksgiving dinner menu for Wednesday, November 26, 1947. From the Truman Presidential Library.
(via Prologue: Pieces of History » What’s Cooking Wednesday: Truman and the no-turkey Thursday)
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