Susan Hanssen on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and Puritans, and What’s Still Left to Conserve
November 21, 2023
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In this episode:
- Professor Susan Hanssen joins the podcast to discuss the quintessentially American holiday of Thanksgiving and its history
- how the Puritans and Pilgrims fit into the British political and cultural experience, how they end up in America, and how they shape America today
- what remains in the American project as a “remnant” that’s powerful and worth conserving today
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