The Mother of Thanksgiving : Throughline
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The Mother of Thanksgiving : Throughline

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The Mother of Thanksgiving Enlarge this image toggle caption James Reid Lambdin/Wikimedia Commons James Reid Lambdin/Wikimedia Commons The Thanksgiving story most of us hear is about friendship and unity. Hale had already spent years campaigning for a national day of thanksgiving, using her platform as editor of one the country's most widely-read magazines and writing elected officials to argue that Americans urgently needed a national story. Five days after reading her letter, Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. David Silverman, professor of history at George Washington University and author of This Land is Their Land, the Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving.

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