While Thanksgiving is usually traced back to a 1621 meal between pilgrims and Native Americans, its origins as a national holiday are much more recent. On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln ...

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 president ...

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Lincoln viewed colonization as a way to free Black Americans — but keep them apart from white society. The experiment ended in disaster, putting an end to plans for colonization. On New Year's Eve ...

Sketch of a Thanksgiving dinner during the Civil War in 1861, a couple of years before Lincoln’s official proclamation. (Alfred Waud/Wikimedia Commons) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

“Sending for his host, he enquired the order of the exercises of the next day, and began to put in writing what he called some ‘stray thoughts’ to utter on the morrow.” Only true known photo of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This clip provides video of a reenactment of President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Gettysburg Address.

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President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.