National Geographic: How Are Thanksgiving, “Mary Had a Little Lamb," and Abraham Lincoln Related?
This is how a nursery rhyme author, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, and Abraham Lincoln influenced the holiday we know as Thanksgiving.Learn more about Sarah:
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
POP QUIZ based on the 2025 Civics Test:
69. What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?
80. The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one. *
99. Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
126. Name three national U.S. holidays. *
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