Nor was Thanksgiving yet a federal holiday to be observed every last Thursday of November – it became so with the 1863 proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln. Nov. 26, 1789, was a Thursday ...

But his carefully chosen reference to Psalm 42 reveals a message that transcends politics ... in the words of Abraham Lincoln cited by Cardinal Dolan, we take a moment to discover “the right ...

"They hate George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham ... send a message “clearly, unequivocally.” “And my message to all my friends and my enemies in America is Happy Thanksgiving ...

Thanksgiving brings families together to share rich meals featuring turkey, stuffing, and seasonal décor like pumpkins and warm autumn colors.

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

Farmers in Lincoln, Nebraska started a food train to honor Abe’s birthday (Feb. 12) and collect donations to feed the ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

In today's look at local history, we meet a McLean County woman who once sat on Abraham Lincoln's knee and explore whether ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press. During last ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.