Sarah Hale: The Mother of Thanksgiving
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Historian Anne Blue Wills tells the story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a New England magazine editor who campaigned tirelessly to put Thanksgiving on our national calendar.
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Excerpted from: American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving
