The first President of the United States, George Washington, designated this date as a “Day of National Thanksgiving”. The next president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation was the 16th President of ...

Editor's note: This editorial, with slight modifications, has appeared on previous Thanksgivings in the newspaper. In early October 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation. "I do, ...

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 ...

With Thanksgiving only a day away, you may be wondering how we came to have the traditions that make up the day of feasting at the end of November. Thanksgiving has been synonymous with things like ...

(The Center Square) – As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year, many believe the first thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. However, the first Thanksgiving celebration was ...

As most of us settle down to celebrate Thanksgiving, we recall the stories we’ve heard since early childhood about the first Thanksgiving taking place in 1621, when the Plymouth colonists celebrated ...