Every year, during the last Thursday of November, we exclaim: “Happy Thanksgiving!” This wish conveys the hope, fellowship, thankfulness, and kindness of the season. However, this kind, annual wish was not started during a feast between the Indians and the first Pilgrims, as is typically depicted. The “First Thanksgiving” that is usually celebrated and taught…
A Holiday of Kindness: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Establishment of Thanksgiving
November 14, 2022
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Arts & CultureArts & TraditionBrightJane G. AustenPresident Abraham LincolnSarah Josepha HaleThanksgiving
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Book Review: ‘Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman’
It’s a name that many, if not most, people are unfamiliar with—unless they remember the name of the author who wrote the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” I was unfamiliar with Sarah Josepha Hale until reading this book, but upon completing it, I feel a sense of regret knowing that she has been…
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