The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the ...

A Thanksgiving without God wouldn’t have made sense to President Abraham Lincoln. Here’s how he described it in his 1863 proclamation making Thanksgiving a national holiday. First, he noted the year ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

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It wasn't until October of 1863, during the height of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National ...

When President Abraham Lincoln first proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday, little did he know he was spelling the beginning of the end to the prominence of the original patriotic celebration ...

At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...

A magazine "editress" tried for decades to persuade the president to declare "a day for our national rejoicing." Lincoln ...

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

At the height of the Civil War, Lincoln issued a proclamation to urge Americans to celebrate their blessings. Thanksgiving has been a tradition since.

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving ” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.