Fascinating Facts On The History Of Thanksgiving And Deciding To #OptOutside

A family enjoys a walk in a park. Many people are choosing to #OptOutside on the day after Thanksgiving

If you go to the National Park Foundation website, you can find some interesting facts about Thanksgiving, including portions of Abraham Lincoln's letter proclaiming the holiday.

There's a fascinating story behind the history of this popular holiday.

For one, all Americans might not be celebrating this same day off every November if it weren't for a woman named Susan Josepha Hale.

Hale was a popular writer and editor in the 1800s. You might have heard of a nursery rhyme she wrote called, "Mary Had A Little Lamb." (By the way, her poem was the first words ever recorded on the first phonograph invented by Thomas Edison).

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