Ohioans will sit down to a table of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie Thursday, but traditional Thanksgiving foods are ...

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

Before it was set in November, the Thanksgiving holiday bounced across calendars for years, and was almost entirely forgotten ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.

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

On today's show, a Thanksgiving story you might never have heard -- not about Pilgrims or Native people, but instead about a ...

Abraham Lincoln officially recognized Thanksgiving during a time of national pain that mirrors modern-day life in Chicago.