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More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941. ...

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Sarah Josepha Hale, author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and America’s first female magazine editor, wrote to five U.S. presidents over 40 years urging that Thanksgiving be made a national holiday. 6. Upon the urging of Hale, ...

Thanksgiving's advocate - Boston Globe

Thanksgiving's advocate
Boston Globe,United States- Nov 26, 2008
Sarah Hale made sure other presidents followed Lincoln's precedent, and when she stepped down from Godey's in 1877, at age 89, the annual proclamation had ...


Thanksgiving, Our National Holiday To Give Thanks - Southern Maryland Online

Thanksgiving, Our National Holiday To Give Thanks
Southern Maryland Online,MD- Nov 27, 2008
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving proclamation in the midst of the Civil War, inviting "my fellow citizens in every part of the ...


Black Friday exhibited the epitomy of American greed - Enid News & Eagle

Black Friday exhibited the epitomy of American greed
Enid News & Eagle,OK- Nov 30, 2008
Thanksgiving has been observed annually as a national holiday since President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation in 1863 designating the last Thursday in ...


Thank you to President Bush - Livingston Daily

Thank you to President Bush
Livingston Daily,MI- 19 hours ago
11, 2001, one man made it known that he hated Americans. He showed our nation that killing 3000 of us was easy to do. More was to come: anthrax, ...


Atheist Display In Washington State Does Freedom No Favor - Opinion Editorials

Atheist Display In Washington State Does Freedom No Favor
Opinion Editorials,VA- 58 minutes ago
In June 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill into law that made Christmas a national holiday. If atheists want a government endorsed “place at the ...


Jew, Jews, Jewish: Thanksgiving Day is for Jews too!
Thanksgiving Day is a national American holiday for all residents of the United States, of all religions. Jews participated in Thanksgiving from the very beginning of the United States' history. This national holiday belongs to Jews as ...

Count your blessings, and hold them tight - San Diego Union Tribune

Count your blessings, and hold them tight
San Diego Union Tribune,CA- Nov 27, 2008
Not long after the Battle of Gettysburg, a horrific turning point in the Civil War, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. ...


The Absurd Report » Enjoy the Holiday… Happy Thanksgiving!
In 1827, Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale began lobbying several Presidents for the proclamation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. It didn’t see success until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln finally made it a national holiday with his 1863 ...