Pulling Thanksgiving together: N.H. native Sarah Hale's campaign swayed Lincoln to nationalize holiday - Fosters: "So how did a largely independent, scattered feast observed for years by many become a designated national holiday woven into the culture of the United States?
The answer? The persistent campaigning of New Hampshire-born writer Sarah Josepha Hale and her influence on President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 signing of a proclamation that marked a set Thursday each November as a national day of thanksgiving."
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