|  |  | | Thanksgiving Stories To Gobble Up | | Unfolding Thanksgiving
State Historical Society Curator of Collections Management Jenny Yearous helped locate some Thanksgiving items from the museum collection.
Clara Lien of Steele had a unique scrapbooking method using napkins. See a Thanksgiving sampling spanning from 1939-1993.
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| Wishful Thinking
Breaking a turkey's wishbone at dinner is a tradition that has evolved over thousands of years.
Do you know why former North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier’s 1921 Thanksgiving wishbone made its way to the museum collection?
State Historical Society Assistant Curator Lori Nohner chronicles the wishbone and other oddities in the museum collection in her blog post.
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| Holiday Excitement Awaits | | Holiday Shopping Starts Here
The Museum Stores are stocked, and staff are ready to help you find unique gifts! ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck Chateau de Morès Interpretive Center, Medora Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Washburn Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, Williston Pembina State Museum, Pembina Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site, Cooperstown
For more information, go to history.nd.gov/store, email museumstore@nd.gov, or call 701.328.2879. Store hours vary by location. Find hours at history.nd.gov.
Members of the State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation receive a 15% discount as a membership benefit. |  | Former Governors’ Mansion Hosts Holiday Open House | The Former Governors’ Mansion State Historic Site in Bismarck will host its free annual Holiday Open House Sunday, Nov. 26, and Sunday, Dec. 3, 1 to 4 p.m. each day.
Visit with Santa, craft holiday ornaments, enjoy refreshments, and take a self-guided tour of the mansion, which will be decorated for the holiday season.
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|  | Holiday Activities Planned at Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site | Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site will host a holiday open house as part of Small Business Saturday Nov. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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|  | North Dakota Artist Featured in Museum Stores | Artist Holly Young was born and raised by her grandmother in a rural area of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Being so close to the land during her childhood influenced her art: the memories of plants and flowers, our relationship with the land and the healing properties that come from those. Using the traditional styles of Dakota beadwork, quillwork, and ledger art to be a seed from which her vision grows, Young’s work embodies the love, patience, resiliency, and beauty of her ancestors’ legacies and the land that has provided since time immemorial. She has a passion for traditional Dakota floral styles and designs and is committed to preserving and sharing these art forms and lifeways. Through art, she affirms herself as a Dakota woman and mother by practicing Winyan Omniciye, the circle of sharing knowledge: What you learn, you give back.
Young’s artwork and gift items are available at the museum stores located inside the ND Heritage Center, Bismarck, and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, Williston. A limited selection is available for purchase on the online store. | | | | Check Out the Fall Issue
of Plains Talk
Learn about the reconstruction of the historic Kittson cabin in Walhalla, plans to add a military wing to the State Museum in Bismarck, and new inclusive interpretive signage at state historic sites.
Find out about additions to our collections, the latest exhibits and attractions, and State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation happenings.
Read more in Plains Talk.
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| North Dakota Properties Listed in National Register of Historic Places
The Chester Fritz Auditorium and the Baukol Historic District in Grand Forks have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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| | Seeking Teen Artists
We invite North Dakota teens to submit an original artistic creation interpreting the North Dakota-related theme of “What is Community?” to the Teen Takeover competition. Finalists’ work will be displayed in spring 2024 at the ND State Museum in Bismarck.
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|  | Accessing History
Did you know that you can access more than 1.4 million pages of North Dakota newspapers on two different sites for FREE through the North Dakota State Archives? And it's all keyword searchable!
Chronicling America holds a select number of papers from North Dakota and the rest of the country: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.
Advantage Archives holds increasing numbers of North Dakota papers: https://ndarchives.historyarchives.online/home. | | State Historical Society in the News |  | State Archives Head of Reference Services Sarah Walker featured in recent KFYR-TV article on the 17th special session of the state Legislature. Watch here… |  | State Archives Reference Specialist Daniel Sauerwein featured in recent KFYR-TV article providing insights on communications home during military deployment.
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|  | Former Governors’ Mansion Site Supervisor Johnathan Campbell featured in KX News “Someone You Should Know” series. Watch here… |
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| | Enjoy Upcoming Events at State Museums & Historic Sites | Saturday, Nov. 25
Sunday, Nov. 26
Saturday, Dec. 2
Sunday, Dec. 3
Tuesday, Dec. 5
Saturday, Dec. 9 Tree Decorating, 2-4 p.m. Former Governors Mansion, Bismarck State Archives open, 10 a.m-4:30 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
Saturday, Dec. 16
Tuesday, Dec. 19
Saturday, Dec. 23
Saturday, Dec. 30
See full events calendar…
| Step Back in History | Revisiting North Dakota History Journal Articles | | Fifty Years Later: One Moment That Changed Clint Hill’s Life
North Dakota History Volume 78, Nos. 3&4, Fall 2012
With the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination upon us, reflect on US Secret Service Agent Clint Hill's personal perspective of that tragic day in Dallas, Texas, and the emotional journey that followed.
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| Borderline Neutrality:
The Transport of Military Aircraft Near Pembina, North Dakota, 1940
North Dakota History Volume 60, No. 2, Spring 1993
North Dakota was the site of one of the first publicized actions taken in favor of the Allies during the Second World War. Some unusual photographs appeared in early 1940, showing, of all things, a few airplanes being pulled by a horse team across the Canadian border near Pembina.
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| | Never Raised to Be a Soldier: John Hagen’s Memoir of Service With the 164th Infantry, 1941-1943 (Part One)
North Dakota History Volume 66, No. 1, Winter 1999
Hagen’s memoir is a spirited reflection of a young man, a civilian to his marrow, who got more than he bargained for when he joined Fargo’s 164th Infantry Regiment.
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Part two of this memoir will appear in the December newsletter. |
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