Bonds
Sarah Josepha Hale is considered to be partially responsible for our celebration of Thanksgiving. She wrote series of six letters to President Abraham Lincoln in support of such a national holiday. She was a strong Christian and a writer. Below is one of her poems. Though she supported abolition, she points out that freedom and slavery can be as much of the mind as of the body. Sarah Josepha Hale BONDS “He... [Read more]
Posted by Fr. Ernesto Obregon on Friday, November 21, 2008
Tags: culture, musings
