Thank You, Sarah! The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

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For use in schools and libraries only. By the 1800s, people were forgetting Thanksgiving! That all changed the day Sarah Hale picked up her pen and wrote a letter. More steadfast than Plymouth Rock, this "lady editor" started a campaign that would outlast four decades, five presidents, and the Civil War, to put Thanksgiving Day on the calendar.