For many Americans, it may be hard to feel thankful this Thanksgiving in light of what a tough year it's been. But that was also the case in 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln first set aside the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The year that is drawing to its close has been filled with the curse of parched fields and charred skies. To these torments, which are so constantly suffered, others have been added: ...