Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving... and a Special Thanks to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale!
If we think back to 1842, it was Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, editor (she preferred editress) of the popular nineteenth century publication Godey's Lady's Book, who first lobbied president Abraham Lincoln for a national Thanksgiving Day.
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