Friday, November 27, 2009
'Harrumphed Governor Leverett Salstonstall of Massachusetts'
More profound post-Thanksgiving thoughts: New Englanders weren’t happy with FDR’s Black Friday-ization of Thanksgiving:
More profound post-Thanksgiving thoughts: New Englanders weren’t happy with FDR’s Black Friday-ization of Thanksgiving:
Opinion polls revealed that more than 60 percent of Americans opposed the Rooseveltian ukase; dissent was especially vigorous in New England. The selectmen of Plymouth, Massachusetts, informed the President, "It is a religious holiday and [you] have no right to change it for commercial reasons." Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks to the Almighty, harrumphed Governor Leverett Salstonstall of Massachusetts, "and not for the inauguration of Christmas shopping."Salstonstall and the Plymouth selectmen won that battle, but they lost the long-term war.
