President Abraham Lincoln decreed that he would "set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving," the randomness of which, in fairness, does sound a bit like ...

Though many American presidents have played a role in the tradition of Thanksgiving in the United States, Abraham Lincoln was the first to make it an official holiday in November. This ...

Abraham Lincoln chose a moment of maximum national ... Secretary of State William Seward, of Auburn, took up the theme in his Thanksgiving Day proclamation, finding much for which to be thankful ...

as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular ...

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However, the modern Thanksgiving holiday we know was established by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863. After the startling loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg ...

Lincoln sets Thanksgiving as last Thursday in November During the Civil War, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln set the date for a national day of Thanksgiving to be held on the last Thursday in ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years. The Thanksgiving ...

Thanksgiving might seem to some like a fairly uncontroversial national holiday. But it wasn’t the case in Abraham Lincoln’s day. Lincoln was soundly criticized for succumbing to the religious ...