Thanksgiving, the festival of gratitude celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, is traditionally traced back to 1621, though some historians suggest its origins go even further.

The cold, dark days of winter may be upon us, but area stages will be merry and bright with plenty of music, dance and theater shows to keep us entertained. Here’s a sampling of what we have to look ...

We are just hours away now from one of America’s most favorite holidays – Thanksgiving Day. By now, its likely that your huge ...

HAYMARKET DISTRICT: The Haymarket is Lincoln’s historic warehouse district just northwest of downtown—a walkable, ...

Thursday is Thanksgiving, a national holiday celebrated as a way to express gratitude for the year’s blessings and to gather with friends and family. It originated from a 1621 harvest feast between ...

Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in ...

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

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

Thanksgiving has always been more than a holiday for the U.S. military. From Lincoln’s wartime proclamation to modern ...

On Market Street in Steubenville, history still looks back at you. The bronze figure of Edwin M. Stanton gazes across the valley he once called home. Born here in 1814, Stanton rose from the banks of ...

BENJAMIN THOMAS, the author of the best single-volume biography of Lincoln, reminds us that following the election of President Zachary Taylor in 1848, ...