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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Gayle Anderson reports this is not a day off for Project Angel Food. The nonprofit organization is preparing free meals for ...

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

Lincoln’s idea of Thanksgiving for Charity and Peace is something we should always make a part of the holiday. Charity at ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.