Until his choice to allow Lee to invade the North—one historian argues—Davis outfoxed the indecisive occupant of the White ...
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The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with a 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the ...
The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the ...
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Amid the bloodiest war in American history, Abraham Lincoln implored us to give thanks to the Almighty and proclaimed a ...
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 ...
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering 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.
For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ...