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Conservation Worker David Britton speaks about the history of Port Royal State Park and some upcoming events.

Milton McGinty,81, had to fight for his dignity so often while growing up in Iowa and Kansas in the 1930s.

Take in the natural beauty and rich cultural heritage of Mexico in the video for this track from Miguel's 'Mexico en la Piel' album.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill officially establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. The tradition of celebrating the holiday on Thursday dates back to the early history of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, when post-harvest holidays were celebrated on the weekday regularly set aside as "Lecture Day," a midweek church meeting where topical sermons were presented. A famous Thanksgiving observance occurred in the autumn of 1621, when Plymouth governor William Bradford invited local Indians to join the Pilgrims in a three-day festival held in gratitude for the bounty of the season. Thanksgiving became an annual custom throughout New England in the 17th century, and in 1777 the Continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving following the Patriot victory at Saratoga. In 1789, President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26, a Tuesday, as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution. However, it was not until 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to fall on the last Thursday of November, that the modern holiday was celebrated nationally. With a few deviations, Lincoln's precedent was followed annually by every subsequent president--until 1939. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from tradition by declaring November 23, the next to last Thursday that year, as Thanksgiving Day. Considerable controversy surrounded this deviation, and some Americans refused to honor Roosevelt's declaration. For the next two years, Roosevelt repeated the unpopular proclamation, but on November 26, 1941, he admitted his mistake and signed a bill into law officially making the last Thursday in November the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day.

Montreal Canadiens Greats Remember Finest Moments

Music video for 'Layla,' which was originally recorded on Eric Clapton's 1972 LP, 'The History of Eric Clapton.' This version of the song was filmed live and onstage.

This video looks at some of the world's most famous prophets besides Nostradamus, including Mother Shipton, a British prophet rumored to have prophesized World War Two, and Saint Malachy, whose Prophecy of Popes still rings true today.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec08/smithsonian_11-24.html Recent outrage over the Smithsonian's management practices tarnished the cultural and scientific giant's image. Days after its National Museum of American History reopened in Washington, Jeffrey Brown reports on changes that are underway and new funding challenges. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/entertainment/

The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau (also called Krakatoa), a small, uninhabited volcanic island located west of Sumatra in Indonesia, on this day in 1883. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people.

In this installment of the historical series "Wicker: The Best Thing Ever," we learn the untold story of how the transition from s... more > In this installment of the historical series "Wicker: The Best Thing Ever," we learn the untold story of how the transition from silent to sound cinema devastated the wicker industry.