Because the Thanksgiving holiday has been on everyone’s minds, whether to complain about retail stores making their people work on the holiday or just to remind folks to be grateful for all they have and to share with others, I found myself looking at Norman Rockwell’s iconic Thanksgiving painting. You’ve all seen it — the HUGE turkey and the family gathered. He’s generally known for his mirroring of the American scene. I should say rather his homey and often humorous reflections on white bread America. But I knew that he had not limited himself to just that so I began looking for other ways Rockwell depicted America. The results were surprising and worth sharing.
Because of this blog, I at first thought of the painting called, “The Problem We All Live With,” of Ruby Bridges. The results of my search, although not exhaustive, opened up a window into Rockwell’s view…
Out of my mind . . . 
On Thanksgiving: A surprising discovery about Norman Rockwell’s America
Because the Thanksgiving holiday has been on everyone’s minds, whether to complain about retail stores making their people work on the holiday or just to remind folks to be grateful for all they have and to share with others, I found myself looking at Norman Rockwell’s iconic Thanksgiving painting. You’ve all seen it — the HUGE turkey and the family gathered. He’s generally known for his mirroring of the American scene. I should say rather his homey and often humorous reflections on white bread America. But I knew that he had not limited himself to just that so I began looking for other ways Rockwell depicted America. The results were surprising and worth sharing.
Because of this blog, I at first thought of the painting called, “The Problem We All Live With,” of Ruby Bridges. The results of my search, although not exhaustive, opened up a window into Rockwell’s view…
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