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 commemoration of ...

Editor's note: This editorial, with slight modifications, has appeared on previous Thanksgivings in the newspaper. In early October 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation. "I do, ...

Editor’s note: In an effort to further promote unity in the United States, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863 calling for a singular day to mark Thanksgiving. At the time, it was ...

Thomas Nast’s cartoon ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation’ (1863) is one of the images most associated with President Abraham Lincoln’s historic proclamation. It was printed over two pages in ...

The history of Thanksgiving in the United States goes far beyond Pilgrims and turkey — its origins as a national holiday rooted in congressional action. Just one year after the colonies declared ...

President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very existence of the United States. He wanted to unify the nation by ...

Although the tradition dates back to a dinner between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribe in 1621, it wasn’t until President ...