The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, Command of Capt. George Washington Steele, USN (Ret.) — McAleer Collection

U.S. Navy Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, Command of Capt. George Washington Steele, USN (Ret.) — McAleer Collection

A printed Thanksgiving Dinner menu from a U.S. Navy command headed by Captain George Washington Steele, USN (Ret.), preserved in the personal album of Edward P. McAleer. Elaborate holiday menus such as this were a longstanding Navy tradition, offered to boost morale and provide personnel with a keepsake commemorating the occasion, even amid the demands of wartime service. Project: 218139