Editor’s Note: This is our annual Thanksgiving article, originally published in 2013. Happy Thanksgiving from War on the Rocks! Today is all about tradition: turkey and stuffing; family, friends, and ...

Thanksgiving in Alabama: 'Yankee' holiday didn't catch on until after Civil War After the war, Alabama had Thanksgiving on Dec. 7, 1865, and Nov. 29, 1866; Previously the South thought of it as a ...

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation of October 1863 during the Civil War sought to unite the country and build peace. The writer Sarah Josepha Hale had written Lincoln, encouraging him to make ...

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation of October 1863 during the Civil War sought to unite the country and build peace. The writer Sarah Josepha Hale had written Lincoln encouraging him to make ...

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation of October 1863 during the Civil War sought to unite the country and build peace. The writer Sarah Josepha Hale had written Lincoln encouraging him to make ...

The Civil War "so recently closed among us has not been anywhere reopened,” he said, while “intrusive pestilence has been benignly mitigated” and “domestic tranquility had improved.” ...

Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation of October 1863 during the Civil War sought to unite the country and build peace. The writer Sarah Josepha Hale had written Lincoln encouraging him to make ...

Lincoln's idea of Thanksgiving for Charity and Peace is something we should always make a part of the holiday. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 39°F. Sunday, February 23rd 2025 ...