Passing Parade: A cranberry story

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall is credited with starting commercial cranberry production on Cape Cod in 1816. Cranberries remain Massachusetts’ top food crop, supporting thousands of jobs and generating $1.4 billion in economic activity. Holiday So how did the berry get to be celebrated, on the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving, each year? It became famous because of interviews with people like “farmer” Ward Smith.  Famous Sketche