A Rolling Thunder Thanksgiving
1975-11-26, Civic Center, Augusta, ME
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The spirit of Thanksgiving suffused every aspect of the Rolling Thunder Revue. The tour wasn't deliberately Thanksgiving-themed or anything, but from the timing to the locations, Thanksgiving just kept cropping up. The entire thing kicked off in Plymouth, MA, for one. At the time, a lot of people connected this to the coming bicentennial of 1976. But Plymouth's importance, of course, far predated 1776; the colony in Plymouth was founded in 1620. And if the symbolism of starting the tour in Plymouth wasn't obvious enough, Bob and his compatriots recreated the pilgrims' landing on Plymouth Rock for a photoshoot:
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