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

This proclamation, I could understand. This I could embrace.

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 ...

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

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

Day has been as much a part of our history as the land and its people. After a brutal winter, the Pilgrims celebrated the ...

In a few days, we will celebrate Thanksgiving. It can seem incongruous to express gratitude at a time when many people are not feeling particularly happy with the state of the world. But the practice ...

And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings ...

Well, Thursday is the Thanksgiving, the day on which families gather, festive dinners are held, the Christmas shopping season begins, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is held, pro football games are ...

FEMI Azeez said scoring his first goal for the Lions at The Den was "special", after his 93rd minute equaliser ...

No one knows quite what to do with Thanksgiving since most of what we think of as “tradition” is bogus, former Historic ...