Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Day 1918

Happy Thanksgiving from the Roads Editorial Team


Much of the American Expeditionary Force found itself stuck in France after the Armistice. Every unit and base pulled out the stops that Thanksgiving to give the troops a wonderful meal. Here is the menu from the Second Aviation Instruction Center at Tours. It includes a lot of special recipes for Château-Thierry Sauce, Dressing of the Argonne, and some delightful-sounding delicacies like "Submarine Fruits [of the Sea]" and "Dardanelles Turkey." Thanks to contributor Terry Finnegan, who found this in the Gorrell Reports.

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Now sit down ye warriors bold, eat, drink and sing as in days of old. Tis said that man and beast and bird some day has its inning. The turn comes now for men who fight; give thanks above "La Guerre est Finie."


7 comments:

  1. memorialday2017November 9, 2018 at 10:07 AM

    A wonderful grateful post!. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  2. Pat, Marcus & AlexisNovember 18, 2018 at 3:34 PM

    I hope you re-run this on the 2018 centennial anniversary!

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  3. Pat, Marcus & AlexisNovember 28, 2018 at 5:51 AM

    I ended up linking this item in to an item on the 1918 anniversary. That appears here, fwiw:

    https://lexanteinternet.blogspot.com/2018/11/thanksgiving-day-1918.html

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  4. zerry htJanuary 7, 2019 at 12:33 AM

    This is such a nice picture. I remember celebrating my thanksgiving in an event venue last year. I missed my flight and there was a lot of hustle that time. I went to a nearby place and had turkey. I missed my mom a lot that time but it was great making new friends that day.

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