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Episode 8 - The Thanksgiving Raccoon
America The Bizarre
English - November 28, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHistory Comedy history politics americanhistory comedy funny weirdhistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to our first Thanksgiving episode. This week, Jordan and Jeremy talk about the history of the presidential turkey pardon and Rebecca, the raccoon that President Calvin Coolidge pardoned from his Thanksgiving table.
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Sources:
"Where Pardoned Turkeys Go To Die” by Dan Merica
“The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became A Presidential pet” by Christopher Klein
“The Turkey: An American Story” by Andrew F. Smith
“Calvin Coolidge Renovation: 1927” on the White House Museum website
“Turkey Pardons, The Stuffing of Historic Legend” by Monica Hesse
“Calvin Coolidge’s Pet Raccoon Rebecca” by Presidential Pet Museum
“First Lady Grace Coolidge Loved Her Raccoon, Rebecca” by Rebecca Onion
“Wombats and Such” by David Pietrusza