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Title: Russian Troops in Poland
Date: 1964-06-30
Description: "Moving Toward Revolution/Russia, one of the first countries into World War I, was one of four empires destroyed at its end. Defeated by the Germans, Russia erupted in revolution in the fall of 1918. After Lenin took over, Russia surrendered. A new world power had come into being. Here, during the war, Russian troops move through a snowy street in a town in Poland. Exact location and date of

Title: Bench Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: 1981-11-26
Description: "A bench in Lafayette Park opposite the White House is the setting for a unique Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday. Washington's Community for Creative Non-Violence sponsored the dinner for homeless men, women and children from the community. After the dinner, the sponsoring organization intended to erect tents to shelter the homeless and to be a visible reminder of their protest of Reagan administration cutbacks in social programs."

Title: Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Date: 1919
Description: "Holders of Congressional Medal of Honor Ask Release of War Prisoners./A group of World War veterans representing almost one half million ex-service men who participated in the World War, many of whom bear the scars of battle appeal to President Harding to release those prisoners now in Federal prisons who are convicted of opposing the War./Photo shows L to R Berger Loman, Chicago, John J. Kelly, Chicago, N.M. Halderman, G.H. Mallon, Minnesota, Clayton K. Slack, Lampson, Wis. and Sam Preber."

Title: Marines Digging Trench in France
Date: 1918-06-24
Description: This photo shows a small group of Marines as they dig trenches in open fields of dirt and grass.

Title: Michigan Headquarters
Date: 1919-01-14
Description: Photograph taken in the Michigan Headquarters, New York. Maintained by former Michigan men. The photo shows nine men seated and writing at a table. A woman is handing one of the men an envelope on the right side of the photograph.

Title: Doodlebug Thanksgiving Day Float
Date: 1977-11-24
Description: "Preparation for a Parade - Workmen adjust eye of a "Doodlebug", one of 29 floats in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that will get underway Thursday in New York City. The floats were built at the parade warehouse in Hoboken, N.J. under the supervision of Manfred Bass, float designer."

Title: Voting Booth
Date: 1943-10-31, 1943-11-21
Description: "Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Despite all Axis Propaganda to the contrary, the voting booth method, whatever its defects, is still the superior way of running your government. This woman is exercising one of her most precious rights of citizenship."

Title: Underdog in the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Date: 1981-11-26
Description: "New York, Nov. 26 - Look, Up in the Air! - "Underdog," one of the favorites of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, descends toward the crowd as it approaches Herald Square during the 55th annual parade in Manhattan Thursday."

Title: Thankful for Industrial Achievement
Date: 1943-10-31, 1943-11-21
Description: "Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Americans are thankful for the industrial and scientific achievements of this country, which, great as they are, hold even greater promise for the future. Unfettered and properly encouraged to develop the Native American genius of invention can achieve wonders in the creation of production and transportation facilities. And with the realization of the hope of a post

Title: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Print
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: "Mrs. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale has her place in history as the "Mother of Thanksgiving Day." Novelist and editor of several women's magazines she campaigned for more than 30 years urging the adoption of her native New England festival as a national public holiday. President Lincoln agreed, proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving Day in 1864. Mrs. Hale died in Philadelphia in 1879."

Title: Pilgrims Departing from England
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: "Departure from Delftshaven, England, July, 1620. The Pilgrims were mostly separatists from the Mother Church of England and they embarked for the new world primarily to escape religious persecution. They had established independent churches that have since banded into the Congregational Christian Church. Abused in England, some fled to Holland; finally they succeeded in raising enough funds from

Title: War Brides of U.S. Sailors
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: This photo shows War Brides of U. S. Sailors and babies who arrived from Europe on the bridal ship Plattsburg. The bridal ship Plattsburg brings 69 wives and twenty children. 25 of the brides were Irish, the rest were English and Scotch. This cargo of Brides represents part of the marital activities of U. S. boys on destroyers and U-Boats, chasers.

Title: Farmerettes in World War I
Date: 1967-03-16
Description: "Ladies Into Farmarettes/They were called ladies and wore long skirts or - for some activities - bloomers, but the female of the species kept the home fires burning in World War I. They marched in parades, boosted sales of Liberty Bonds, practiced Home Defense tactics, took up gardening in backyards and on golf courses. These farmerettes were students and faculty members of Western College at Oxford, Ohio."

Title: Dryden Trophy
Date: unknown
Description: "U.S. Infantry, Holder of the Dryden, Wingate and Sadler Trophies, to Defend Honors in Rifle Matches./The U.S, Infantry, now the present champions and holders of the Dryden, Wingate and Sadler Trophies, will defend their prizes at the New Jersey State Rifle Association meet at Camp Perry, Ohio. The Dryden trophy was presented by the late John F. Dryden, U.S. Senator of New Jersey. The Wingate trophy was presented by General Wingate for annual competition on off-shoulder shooting. The Sadler trophy was presented by General Wilbor F. Sadler, Jr. It is open to teams of eight from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, National guard, Civilian Teams, and School teams./Photo shows L.R. the Wingate, Dryden, and Sadler trophies which the U.S. Infantry team will defend in coming matches."

Title: Photograph of Landing of the Pilgrims Painting
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: "Thanksgiving Day/Landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 21, 1620. This painting depicts the hardy group of pioneers atop historic Plymouth Rock, their heads bowed to God in thanks for their safe voyage. Originally, the Pilgrims intended to settle in Virginia, but the Mayflower was blown from its course and instead the first permanent colony in New England was established./(One of a Series)."

Title: Photograph of Mayflower Painting
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: "Thanksgiving Day/Aboard the Mayflower. The ship is supposed to have carried 102 voyagers on its historic trip. Now free to worship as thier own conscience dictated a group of Pilgrims signed the famous Mayflower Compact, a short set of laws which established certain concepts of religious freedom. The document later became a basis for the democratic government in the colonies. This painting, by

Title: Soldiers Reading Letters From Home
Date: 1943-10-31, 1943-11-21
Description: "Americans, sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner in the safety of their homes, will give thanks to their sons and brothers who are fighting on far-away fronts to preserve the good things of democracy. Boys like these American soldiers somewhere in Australia, reading precious letters from home."

Title: Plymouth Statue
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: "This 180-foot monument, largest granite statue in the world, stands in Plymouth, Mass. to commemorate the achievements of the Pilgrims who arrived there on the Mayflower in 1620. The central figure, carrying a Bible and resting one foot on a replica of the Plymouth Rock, represents Faith. The seated figures symbolize Education (left), Freedom, and Morality. Another on the opposite side is Law

Title: Painting of the First Thanksgiving
Date: 1962-11-21
Description: "Painting of the first Thanksgiving by Sydney E. King, Virginia artist, depicts the scene in December of 1619, when a group of 39 colonists observed a day of Thanksgiving on the banks of the James River at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia."

Title: Thanksgiving Pie Preparation
Date: 1982-11-23, 1982-11-24
Description: "Peru, Ind., Nov. 23 - Ready for Thanksgiving - Beverly Enyeart prepares pies for the Thanksgiving Day dinner she and her husband and eight children are preparing for anyone who wants to come. The Enyearts say preparing for the meal is a labor of love."

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