Historian Debunks the Most Common Thanksgiving Lies | Melanie Kirkpatrick
Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of \u201cThanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience,\u201d about the\xa0truth about Thanksgiving\xa0and what the\xa0first Thanksgiving\xa0was actually like.\xa0She explains why Abraham Lincoln and\xa0Sarah Josepha Hale\xa0should receive the majority of the credit for creating the Thanksgiving holiday as we know it. She also explains how the\xa0real Thanksgiving story\xa0is much different from the modern version influenced by progressive politics. She also shares a variety of lesser-known historical facts, like the time that Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a decision that resulted in Democrats and Republicans holding two separate Thanksgivings.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices