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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. [1]
Sarah Hale, credited for getting Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, shows how one person can make a difference.
This is a Nov. 26, 1996 photo of a painting of Sarah Josepha Hale, painted by James Reid Lambdin. Thanksgiving was celebrated independently by colonies and states for more than 200 years, The ...
Sarah Josepha Hale, a native of New Hampshire and steeped in the traditions of a New England Thanksgiving, was the longtime editor of Godey's Ladies Book, the most widely circulated periodical in the antebellum U.S. Hale was the chief promoter of the modern idea of the holiday in the 19th century, from the foods served to the decorations to the ...
The nursery rhyme was first published by the Boston publishing firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon, as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, and was possibly inspired by an actual incident. [1] As described in one of Hale's biographies: "Sarah began teaching young boys and girls in a small school not far from her home [in Newport, New Hampshire ...
While today's Thanksgiving is known for parades, football, and shopping, the original intent was far different.
Send your friends and family a card or text with these thoughtful Thanksgiving wishes and messages. Each will express your gratitude for them. 52 Inspirational Thanksgiving Wishes and Messages for ...
SS Sarah J. Hale was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.She was named after Sarah J. Hale, the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", she campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument, editor of Ladies' Magazine, and founder of the Seaman's Aid Society in 1833, to assist the ...