Before the Civil War there were two national holidays - Independence Day and Washington's Birthday.  But in Laurel Hill are 5 people who made American holidays what they are today:

*Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who invented Thanksgiving

*Martha Tillman, the woman who MAY have invented Memorial Day

*Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother’s Day

*Stephen F. Whitman, the man who invented Whitman chocolates

*Not included in podcast: Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, who is probably responsible for Flag Day

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