This story was originally printed in The Sunday News on Nov. 24, 1963. In the midst of war, Lancaster people found much to be thankful for 100 years ago as they responded to the proclamations of ...

President Abraham Lincoln’s powerful Thanksgiving proclamation, issued amid the carnage of the Civil War, gave the holiday its statement of purpose. It is "to set apart and observe the last Thursday ...

Though many American presidents have played a role in the tradition of Thanksgiving in the United States, Abraham Lincoln was the first to make it an official holiday in November. This Thanksgiving, ...

As he looked out over the Potomac in the autumn of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln must have been thinking about the tens of thousands of soldiers who, like the maple leaves along the river’s bank, ...

CINCINNATI -- Back in 1863, few were thinking about making any Thanksgiving Day plans. That is, until people opened their newspapers and read a national Thanksgiving Day proclamation by President ...

Thanksgiving 2020 looks different than any other before but that doesn’t mean people won’t be taking time to reflect and be grateful. When President Abraham Lincoln announced the national proclamation ...

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