| 1788/10/24 |
Martha Whittlesay Buell, wife of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Gordon Buell, gives birth to a daughter, Sarah Josepha Buell, in Newport, New Hampshire. |
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Newport, NH |
New Hampshire |
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| 1840/09/00 |
Organized by Sarah Hale, the great women's craft fair raises $30,000 for the Bunker Hill monument by selling handmade jewelry, quilts, baskets, jams, jellies, cakes, pies and autographed letters from Washington, James Madison and the Marquis de Lafayette. |
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Quincy Market, Boston |
Boston |
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Constructing Bunker Hill Monument |
| 1842/00/00 |
Bunker Hill Monument is completed. |
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Bunker Hill Monument |
Boston |
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Constructing Bunker Hill Monument |
| 1846/00/00 |
From her home in Philadelphia, Sarah J Hale begins a letter-writing campaign advocating for a "national day of thanksgiving." At some point during her time in Philadelphia, Sarah Josepha Hale makes a home at 922 Spruce St. |
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Portico Row |
Philadelphia, PA |
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First Thanksgivings |
| 1860/00/00 |
Hale pushes for making Thanksgiving a national holiday by writing letters to Presidents of the United States - Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, to no avail. |
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| 1863/09/28 |
Sarah J Hale writes a letter to President Abraham Lincoln requesting that Thanksgiving Day to become a National Festival Annually. |
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First Thanksgivings |
| 1879/04/30 |
Sarah Josepha Hale passes away at home (lost), 1413 Locust Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. |
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Laurel Hill Cemetery |
Philadelphia, PA |
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