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How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday (2015x178)
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Sarah Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, was largely responsible for the establishment of the United States’ Thanksgiving Holiday.
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Sources:
http://www.essortment.com/all/thanksgivinghis_rxgy.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Hale__Sarah_Josepha.html
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/hale.html
http://www.classicallibrary.org/lincoln/thanksgiving.htm