An Abolitionist Wrote This Famous Thanksgiving Poem
THE classic Thanksgiving Poem, “Over the River and Through the Wood,” was published in 1844 by Lydia Maria Child (February 11, 1802—October 20, 1880). The poem celebrates traveling to her grandfather’s house, said to be the Paul Curtis House in Medford, Massachusetts. When the poem was turned into a song by an unknown composer, the …
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