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Thanksgiving and the Law

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Happy Thanksgiving! Just a reminder that the Law Library closes at 4:30 pm today and is closed Thursday and Friday Nov 27-28, with regular hours resuming on Saturday Nov 29. (UMN Law students will still have access through their UCards)

Here are some fun Thanksgiving Legal (and other) Resources:

Congress Establishes Thanksgiving: http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/thanksgiving/

Did you know that a lawyer invented the classic jellied cranberry sauce ‘log’ produced by Ocean Spray? Marcus L. Urann, lawyer and co-founder of Ocean Spray, came up with the idea for canned jellied cranberry sauce as a way to use up excess cranberries. Source: WSJ Law Blog via Ross-Blakley Law Library blog

Thanksgiving Thoughts on Toleration: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/11/thanksgiving-thoughts-on-toleration/

Thanksgiving Dinner in Space: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/11/26/thanksgiving-dinner-in-space/

Thanksgiving 2.0--TurkeyTracker.com: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20516