Happy Thanksgiving!

This week, in celebration of Thanksgiving, some of our third and fourth grade classes heard "Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving" by Laurie Halse Anderson during library time.



I love to read lesser known, more obscure facts, about historical events!  Did you know that we almost lost Thanksgiving??  The celebration of Thanksgiving was declining in the early 1700's.  In this picture book, we learn about a woman named Sarah Hale who lobbied to have Thanksgiving become a national holiday.  After Sarah wrote to four different U.S. Presidents asking them to sign it into law, and they all refused, Sarah didn't give up!  The country was in shambles when she wrote to President Abraham Lincoln suggesting that a national holiday giving thanks was just what the country needed.  President Lincoln and agreed and Sarah's dream came true!  Not only did our students learn about Sarah Hale, but they also learned about the power of the pen and to never give up!!  We really enjoyed this story!

Happy Thanksgiving! :)