Thanksgiving of 1965

The Thanksgiving of 1965 would change Stockbridge in ways that it could not imagine. Two young men were on a mission to discard some garbage following a great Thanksgiving meal.

These photographs from our collection show “the scene of the crime.” But things went south when Officer Obie telephoned looking for Arlo.

The whole story made for some interesting lyrics by 1967, and by 1969 Stockbridge was in the movies! Now it is a Berkshire tradition to listen to Alice’s Restaurant on Thanksgiving.

Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives Photography Collection 1989.200.7