Margaret sutherland is the new york times bestselling author of thanksgiving is for giving thanks. According to my research, most of the credit for the establishment of an annual thanksgiving holiday may be given to sarah josepha hale. Giving thanks for the creators gifts had always been a part of wampanoag daily. President abraham lincoln was the first us president to officially declare the festival as the last thursday in november. You have to remember godeys was talking about wild turkey for thanksgiving. In the meantime, early americans celebrated thanksgiving not as a. Fish and game were readily available in rural america. Hale was the literary editor of godeys ladys book and promoted thanksgiving as a national holiday. Three sweet old ladies are sitting in a diner, chatting about various things. Those of you who are familiar with american thanksgiving lore will perhaps already know this story, but since its a lovely story, we hope youll. Shes also credited with writing the childrens ditty, mary had a little lamb shes also credited with writing the childrens ditty, mary had a little lamb. Editors table the following are all the excerpts related to thanksgiving from 1860, 1859, 1858, 1857, and october 1855. I asked her how it felt to be the mother of a 50yearold.
It gives him an increase of honor among the millions who are pining in vain for such high privileges as his national birthright bestows. The old lady is at it again, and this time shes swallowing a turkey. I gave this book to a friends little girl as she has a birthday in the fall. One lady says, you know, im getting really forgetful. A few years ago, when i turned 50, my mother called to say happy birthday. She also published stories and recipes and wrote scores of letters to governors, senators and presidents. With thanksgiving just around the corner, we thought it would be fitting to explore the birth of the modern thanksgiving day holiday, as it involves two rather prominent americans from the gone with the wind erasarah josepha hale, the influential editor of godeys ladys book and president abraham lincoln, who of course needs no introduction. A handcolored fashion plate from godeys ladys book, 1853. Born on a new hampshire farm in 1788, hale was known as the lady editor of godeys ladys book, a periodical founded by the plump. See more ideas about thanksgiving books, books and childrens books. Everyone knows that thanksgiving is a time to give thanks. Giving thanks to sarah josepha hale for crusading to make. Moose are having friends over for thanksgiving, but mrs.
Moose will do anything to make his beloved wife happy, so he sets out to find her. In the us, thanksgiving day is celebrated every year on the fourth thursday of november. Celebrate thanksgiving and the fall season with this scholastic book list. There is a remarkable diversity in the recipes, thanks to the largely rural readership of godeys ladys book and to the immigrant influence on the country in the 1860s. A day to give thanks is part of native american tradition. Although sarah gives the credit for the first american thanksgiving to the. She was the editor of ladies magazine and godeys ladys book, and she began to clamor for such a day in 1827 by printing articles in the magazines.
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