Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) lived her final years here. She was the author of the poem, Mary Had a Little Lamb (1830), and also the crusader who convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday in 1863. See the Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/30/21014, at C2.
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Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) lived her final years here. She was the author of the poem, Mary Had a Little Lamb (1830), and also the crusader who convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday in 1863. See the Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/30/21014, at C2.
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Comments : Sarah Josepha Hale will get a real marker soon, because of the efforts of Robyn Young of Media, PA, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/1/15, at pp. A1, A2.
Date : 2015-08-03