Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln created the holiday for just that purpose. Now it's our turn.

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 ...

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ... As Elton Trueblood writes in Abraham Lincoln: ... Close this message.

In September 1863, less than three months after the Battle of Gettysburg, she published an editorial with her Thanksgiving message and also sent a letter to President Lincoln with her request for a ...

George Washington's troops "found a moment for Thanksgiving" during a "fierce struggle for our nation's independence," Biden said, and President Abraham Lincoln established the Thanksgiving ...