Comments by Marie French Most recent public comments by Marie French https://nowcomment.com/users/1134 President Roosevelt unsuccessfully tried to change the date of Thanksgiving https://nowcomment.com/documents/3431?scroll_to=8899 https://nowcomment.com/documents/3431?scroll_to=8899 “In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the third Thursday of November to lengthen the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy still recovering from the Depression. The move set off a national debate and was reversed in 1941.” Source: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-29.html Thu, 24 May 2018 11:10:49 -0400 It's incredible that anyone survived 13 days adrift on the raft... but a few did. https://nowcomment.com/documents/3431?scroll_to=8889 https://nowcomment.com/documents/3431?scroll_to=8889 147 people started out on the raft but only 15 (10%) survived the 13 days of starvation, dehydration, cannibalism, and madness. Thu, 24 May 2018 11:10:49 -0400