Many local radio stations play Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant on Thanksgiving. According to the Wikipedia entry the song is based on a true story that took place in 1965. Whether or not that is true is for you to decide by checking the entry.

Here is Arlo Guthrie performing Alice’s Restaurant.

Applications for Education
If you teach US History, this video could be the starting point for a conversation about the culture and political climate of the 1960’s in the United States.