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| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1621 | English and Wampanoag join in a harvest festival. | |||
| 1827 | Sarah Josepha Hale, "Northwood" | Thanksgiving | ||
| 1847 | Sarah Hale, ed. of Godey's begins Thanksgiving campaign | For samples of Hale's Thanksgiving editorials, go to "The Godey's Lady's Book" link at the University of Vermont. | ||
| 1858 | Longfellow, "The Courtship of Miles Standish" | Longfellow's poem rivaled Thanksgiving in American memory and helped perpetuate the mystique of the spinning wheel. See The Age of Homespun, page 27. | poetry, pilgrims" plymouth | |
| 1863 | Lincoln declares Thanksgiving a national holiday |