Happy Thanksgiving, Liberty Friends!
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Appalled that Thanksgiving, a holiday that could bring people together, was being ignored by many Americans, she had appealed to several previous presidents--Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan--but only Lincoln responded.
In 1863, Sarah saw Lincoln declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.
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Beginning with a concise summary of the 1621 Massachusetts harvest festival with English colonists and Native Americans and the larger celebration that followed two years later, this picture book presents an alphabet of words inspired by events, people, and places related to the holiday. From the obvious (P is for Pilgrim) to the more difficult (W is for Wampanoag), the few sentences on each page define the term and its relationship to Thanksgiving as it was celebrated historically and in the present.
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