[New post] A Little Thanksgiving History

Martha Kennedy posted: " I used to write about this and thought I'd find an old post about it, but didn't. So here's the "straight gen" as Hemingway would have said, about our Thanksgiving Holiday. https://www.loc.gov/static/classroom-materials/thanksgiving/documents/sarah_" "Summer is the season of inferior sledding" - Inuit proverb A Little Thanksgiving History Martha Kennedy Nov 23 I used to write about this and thought I'd find an old post about it, but didn't. So here's the "straight gen" as Hemingway would have said, about our Thanksgiving Holiday. Click to access sarah_hale.pdf Sarah Josepha Hale's letter to Abraham Lincoln asking for a formalized Thanksgiving holiday. This is the Library of Congress website with Sarah Hale's letter and a transcription and here is... Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation establishing a Thanksgiving day Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://marthakennedy.wordpress.com/2023/11/23/a-little-thanksgiving-history/

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