At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...
President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving ” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.
George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.
The Editorial Board offers excerpts from presidential Thanksgiving proclamations with our best wishes for everyone in Hampton ...
On Sept. 25, 1789, when Boudinot offered his resolution to set aside a day for Americans to give thanks to God for the ...
Editorial: Lincoln offers a model of how we, in the midst of seemingly never-ending conflicts, can celebrate Thanksgiving.
Even amid the prosperity and relative peace of modern times, President Joe Biden in 2022 issued a proclamation that said, “As Scripture says: ‘let us rejoice always, pray continually and give thanks ...
It wouldn’t be a modern U.S. holiday without social media shared messages and greetings, and it’s fair to say that former ...
Though it’s unclear what the Washingtons served at their Thanksgiving feasts, turkeys were present on their table.
On this traditional day of peace, family warmth and good will, we turn to an inspiring message from Thanksgiving 1963, when ...