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.

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

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Thanksgiving became a national holiday in the United States in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it to a deeply troubled nation.

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

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docked at Port Klang, Malaysia last week, making its first visit to the Southeast Asia ...

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

Following Lincoln’s proclamation of caring for those wounded by war, the first national Thanksgiving holiday was a success.

A man of profound insight, President Abraham Lincoln saw the impact Thanksgiving would have when he declared it a national ...