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Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", is the person most responsible for Thanksgiving.
"There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind." Sarah Josepha Hale
Today (1788) Sarah Josepha Hale was born (died April 30, 1879). Author of the poem 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.'
See that? Sarah Josepha Hale wrote cookbooks! Getting a PRESIDENT to designate a day for feasting could mean money in her pockets.
No influence is so powerful as that of the mother. Sarah Josepha Hale.