An opportunity for families and friends and, by extension, communities, states, and the country itself to have a national ...

Let’s forget about the pilgrims for a second to celebrate the woman who made Abraham Lincoln recognize the holiday.

This Thanksgiving, we can be thankful for Sarah Hale, the 34-year-old widow who advocated for a permanent holiday, and for President Lincoln, who said yes.

From George Washington’s 1789 proclamation calling for a national day of “public thanksgiving and prayer” to Abraham ...

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

With a national day of “Thanksgiving,” Lincoln created a kind of secular sabbath, a day for the country to find gratitude and ...

Understanding the Bible’s cultural and historical influence gives Texas students essential context for literature and civic ...

Between 1837 and 1842, The Baltimore Sun ran nearly a dozen editorials pressing hard (if at times slyly or with ...

The idea for a national Thanksgiving holiday was not Lincoln’s own. It came from Sarah Josepha Hale, among the most ...

Thanksgiving tradition of national gratitude runs deep in American spirit, yet schools increasingly skip teaching ...

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday focused on gratitude, family gatherings, and cultural significance, rooted in ...

As the first fine dining steakhouse in America, Delmonico's has been cooking up delicious food since 1837, including this ...