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Thanksgiving might bring changes in holiday-travel habits
Summary by Ground News
Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor to Godey's Lady Book, was influential in Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday. She wrote editorials for 15 years about a holiday, as well as letters to several presidents lobbying for the creation of the holiday. Five days later on Oct. 3, 1863, Lincoln, alongside Seward, issued a proclamation declaring the day as a holiday.