DDG Vol. 28 Issue 3 since 1994

found in a
photograph if
photography
was
prevalent
at the time,
showing
a farm on
a snowy
winter day
with people
arriving for a
Thanksgiving
feast. Currier
and Ives was
a printing
lithography
business in New York City which was
known for emblematic scenes such
as this one of country life. The artist is
unknown.
Another iconic painting by Norman
Rockwell titled “Freedom From Want”
painted in 1943 shows a family about
to participate in a feast featuring a
large turkey. This painting was one of
4 painted by Rockwell that emanated
from a speech by President Delano
Roosevelt in 1941 defining the Four
Freedoms, including Freedom of
Speech, Freedom of Worship. Freedom,
from Fear, and Freedom from Want
as portrayed in this painting. Which
defined the four freedoms of the
U.S. resistance to fascism. We may
need a revival of this same sentiment
considering the attack on freedom and
democracy by a former president and
some of his confused followers. Today’s
Thanksgiving is celebrated around
numerous TV football games and family
get-togethers. That is for families that
haven’t been divided by the political
disagreements over
the former president’s
proclivities for denying
the loss of an election
and a threat to return
and create his own
autocracy. We can be thankful that
Democracy still exists and to an extent,
the Four Freedoms are still prevalent.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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