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On this episode of Nute's World, with Thanksgiving this Thursday, I wanted to talk about the history of establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the United States.

President George Washington was the first to issue a proclamation for the holiday in 1789.

However, it was Sarah Josepha Hale, the influential author and editor of Goody's Ladies' book, who petitioned Congress and five different presidents to create a national annual holiday for Thanksgiving between 1846 and 1863.

After all that effort, she was finally successful in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday on the last Thursday in November.

Lincoln's proclamation urged the nation to heal its wounds and restore peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.

Here to talk about the history of Thanksgiving, I am really pleased to welcome back my guest,

Melanie Kirkpatrick. She is the author of two very important books on the subject.

Lady Editor Sarah Jos Josepha Hale,

and the making of the modern American woman,

and Thanksgiving,

the holiday at the heart of the American experience.

Thank you. And it's a pleasure to be back with you

just a few days before Thanksgiving.

I was fascinated by the role of Sarah Joceifa Hale.

She apparently was a pretty significant person just in her own right, beyond Thanksgiving,

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