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The driving force behind thanksgiving was Sarah Josepha Hale. Which of these US presidents did she not write to urging them to support Thanksgiving?

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Interesting fact:

Writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned relentlessly for the establishment of Thanksgiving as a holiday. Sarah worked hard for 17 years to ensure the whole of America, and not just New England, could enjoy this holiday. But did you know she also wrote the children’s rhyme Mary had a little lamb?

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