During these difficult times, I know that you join with me and thousands of Israelis in thanking God, for the abundant blessings he has sent our way ...
At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...
The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...
Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that ...
When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years.
Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln ...
The brevity of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address belies its depth; its power lies not only in what it says but in the silences it ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...
The statue “Young Abe Lincoln on Horseback,” was gifted to Syracuse University in 1973 by creator Anna Hyatt Huntington. She produced the piece in bronze in 1963 when she was 87 years old.
Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, stood at a Pennsylvania cemetery and shared his hope for the ...
The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...