As many prepare to send and receive holiday packages, one Southern California man is urging residents to exercise caution ...

Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln ...

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

At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

Editorial: Lincoln offers a model of how we, in the midst of seemingly never-ending conflicts, can celebrate Thanksgiving.

A magazine "editress" tried for decades to persuade the president to declare "a day for our national rejoicing." Lincoln ...

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

Charity at home and overseas is America's Thanksgiving story. President Abraham Lincoln believed the day should be spent ...

At the height of the Civil War, Lincoln issued a proclamation to urge Americans to celebrate their blessings. Thanksgiving has been a tradition since.

While not nationally celebrated in the colonial years, Thanksgiving Day ostensibly was celebrated in the fall, celebrating a ...

A man of profound insight, President Abraham Lincoln saw the impact Thanksgiving would have when he declared it a national ...