From The PressLists 9 Thanksgiving facts we bet you don’t know By Opptrends Press - November 23, 2017 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp 5Leaving a legacy When Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it was thanks to the tireless efforts of a magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale. Her other claim to fame? She also wrote the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”BackNext