Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln created the holiday for just that purpose. Now it's our turn.

Abraham Lincoln, in a stirring call to spiritual unity amid the carnage of the Civil War, issued his emotionally powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on this day in history, Oct. 3, 1863. The ...

Hale is credited with persuading Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. (Library of Congress) Library of Congress Washington, D.C. Oct. 3, 1863 ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging. As is our annual tradition, we reproduce the text below in ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

Opinion | Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation, 1863 Share this: Click to share on Facebook ... Abraham Lincoln . Originally Published: November 28, 2024 at 4:52 AM CST.

Most Americans are familiar with the first Thanksgiving, a communal feast in 1621 between the Wampanoag and English colonists that symbolizes fraternity and community through food. However, the ...

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Lincoln always leaves judgments up to the creator rather than himself. In August of 1863, just months before the Thanksgiving Proclamation, Lincoln called for a separate day of thanksgiving ...

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.