Archive for June 10th, 2008

SARAH JOSEPHA HALE

June 10, 2008

 
     The woman who gave us Thanksgiving. Sarah Josepha Hale was born in Newport, New Hampshire in 1788. She is well known as the author of the popular nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” She is also known as one of the major forces behind the declaration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the [...]