Notable Folks of Madison County
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The Feldmans
“Doc” West
Aaron Bliss
Frank Baum
Grove Hinman
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Thomas Nast’s
“Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” Harper’s Weekly, November 20, 1869, p.745.
“Uncle
Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” marks the highpoint of Nast’s Reconstruction-era
idealism. By November 1869 the Fourteenth Amendment, which secures equal
rights and citizenship to all Americans, was ratified. Congress had sent the
Fifteenth Amendment, which forbade racial discrimination in voting rights, to
the states and its ratification appeared certain. Although the Republican
Party had absorbed a strong nativist element in the 1850s, its commitment to
equality seemed to overshadow lingering nativism, a policy of protecting the
interests of indigenous residents against immigrants. Two national symbols,
Uncle Sam and Columbia, host all the peoples of the world who have been
attracted to the United States by its promise of self-government and
democracy. Germans, African Americans, Chinese, Native Americans, Germans,
French, Spaniards: “Come one, come all,” Nast cheers at the lower left
corner. (Courtesy of the Ohio State
University Cartoon Research Library) |
