Overview
- Open Culture published a new illustrated version of Arlo Guthrie’s 18‑minute Thanksgiving classic for 2025.
- This Thanksgiving marks 60 years since the 1965 incident that inspired the song’s narrative.
- The 1965 Thanksgiving dumping arrest in Stockbridge—closed dumps, a $25 fine, and a cleanup order—remains the story’s factual backbone.
- The Guthrie Center at Old Trinity Church, the former setting for the dinner, celebrates the 20th year of its free Thanksgiving meal.
- Arlo Guthrie, retired from touring since 2020 after strokes, plans to spend the holiday at home with his wife Marti Ladd Guthrie, as fans remember Alice Brock, who died on November 21, 2024 at 83.