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The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

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November 21, 2023 3:01 am

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

Our American Stories / Lee Habeeb

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November 21, 2023 3:01 am

On this episode of Our American Stories, 400 million pounds of cranberries are consumed by Americans each year. Twenty percent of that is during the week of Thanksgiving. That's 80 million pounds! And 5,062,500 gallons of jellied cranberry sauce are consumed by Americans every holiday season. Here’s the History Guy to share the story of the Great Cranberry Scare of 1959.

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