I do invite my fellow-citizens to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving, ...

In September 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home.

In an effort to further promote unity in the United States, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863 calling ...

Every year on the fourth Thursday in November people across the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving? But why on Thursday?

November 27, 2025 - In his first presidential proclamation, George Washington designated November 26, 1789 as a Day of National Thanksgiving. The next president to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...

Each year just before Thanksgiving, the president ceremoniously pardons a turkey, a lighthearted moment in his otherwise ...

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 ...