The Woman Who Wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" Is the Godmother of Thanksgiving?
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Thanksgiving used to be one of many days—"If you planned your itinerary carefully, you could have a good Thanksgiving dinner every day between Election Day and Christmas Day." That all changed when a songwriter worked long and hard to crystallize American culture as distinct from that of Britain - including by a new official holiday in the midst of the Civil War.
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