Episode 12: Born in the U.S.A - a podcast by Xan Peters and Joe Cimino

On today's tour, we will be heading to one of the museum’s grand halls which has an installation depicting numerous thanksgiving day dinner tables from across the years. Here, our tour guides Xan and Joe discuss the birth of Americana and its origins within the United States. Including its help in forming a new mythology for Americans to look to. Questioning its hand in creating our holidays, as well as navigating the complicated and difficult topic of Thanksgiving. All the while, further investigating the origins of New England based holiday representation, advanced and complex indigenous farming techniques, western films and their mythologization, and what it means to be born in the U.S.A...

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