A Tradition To Be Thankful For
In the late 1840s through the 1860s Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor of a popular magazine, lobbied hard to have Thanksgiving proclaimed a national holiday. She succeeded.
She also published many recipes that featured the turkey and trimmings that are now the core of the traditional Thanksgiving meal.
But the specifics of how we arrived at our annual Thanksgiving feast are not so important.
What’s important is that the day always be a common celebration that unites Americans — a day in which we honor past generations and pass on our shared, ever-evolving rituals to the next.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a piece of pumpkin pie to devour!
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Tom Purcell is an author and humor columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com.
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