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

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

Finally, as we celebrate the joyous and radiant daybreak of Thanksgiving, let us reflect on the responsibility of working to ...

Thanksgiving comes only once a year. But for the artists and engineers who create the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ...

Whereas, After the first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims broke bread, gave thanks, and celebrated in Plymouth, observing the ...

Minister, chaplain, and author Dr. Billy Holland writes about the importance of counting our blessings every day.

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

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

The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with a 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the ...

So as we enter the holiday season -- a time to gather and be grateful -- here are some perspectives, gathered from a variety ...

It is worth remembering the original story of the Pilgrims’ embarkation on the Mayflower as recorded in Gov. William Bradford ...

When I was a soldier, Thanksgiving was held in special regard. After all, it was in the dark days of the Civil War, in ...