It’s Abraham Lincoln who can be credited with sparking the creation of the Thanksgiving holiday we know and love. Unlike Washington, Lincoln wanted everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day — ...

We tend to associate Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims in 1621. Shiny square buckles on boxy black shoes and a feast with the Indians, but in fact, this cherished national holiday actually began ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging. As is our annual tradition, we reproduce the text below in commemoration of ...

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Thanks to the many years Abraham Lincoln spent in the state, Illinois is known as the Land of Lincoln. But besides leading the country through the Civil War, Lincoln had a key role in making ...

The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with an 1863 proclamation from President Abraham Lincoln declaring the last Thursday in November a day of “thanksgiving and praise to our ...

The 19th century poet Sarah Josepha Hale might only be known for writing the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” had she not been so determined to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. We largely ...

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This Thanksgiving season, guests can travel back in time — all the way to the 1860s — for a feast with history at Hale Farm & Village. From 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, the Western Reserve ...