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In reply to the discussion: Things I don't miss about old-fashioned, Norman Rockwell era Thanksgivings. [View all]Tanuki
(14,918 posts)so they obviously weren't "harder to get published".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms_(Norman_Rockwell)
"President Roosevelts Four Freedoms speech inspired a set of four Four Freedoms paintings by Norman Rockwell. The four paintings were published in The Saturday Evening Post on February 20, February 27, March 6 and March 13 in 1943. The paintings were accompanied in the magazine by matching essays on the Four Freedoms. The most famous is Freedom from Fear.
The United States Department of the Treasury toured Rockwells Four Freedoms paintings around the country after their publication in 1943. The Four Freedoms Tour raised over $130,000,000 in war bond sales.
Rockwell's Four Freedoms paintings were also reproduced as postage stamps by the United States Post Office.[11] Also, postage stamps of the Four Freedoms were issued in 1943[12] and in 1946.[13]"
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I'm sorry your family gatherings were so unpleasant, but there is no need to blame Norman Rockwell or Thanksgiving for boorish behavior on the part of your relatives.