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This Thanksgiving, I hope you remember President
Lincoln’s nine proclamations of prayer and thanksgiv-
ing and Mrs. Sarah J. Hale’s words of thanksgiving.
Take the time to be truly thankful for what you have
and for the sacrifices that made them possible.
Happy Thanksgiving, from the Lincoln Heritage Mu-
seum.
Anne Moseley
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Hale, Sarah Josephine. Library of Congress, Manu-
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Hale, Sarah J. “Our National Thanksgiving.”
Godey’s
Lady’s Book
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According to Wikipedia, other songs of the era that remain mainstream today include “Deck the
Halls,” “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful” and Mendelssohn’s “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” (1840). Ameri-
can musical contributions to the season include “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (1850), “Jingle
Bells” (1857), “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (1857) and “Up on the Housetop” (1860).
