On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham ... turkey, pumpkin pie, and sweet potatoes and launched a letter-writing campaign to members of Congress and governors. In a Sept. 28, 1863 letter to Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln’s ... and demanding a pardon for his pet turkey, Jack, which helped inspire a timeless holiday tradition, Tad brought joy and love into Lincoln’s life when he needed it most. “ ...

Speaking of throwing animals a bone, Lincoln once let a turkey off death row. You could say it was a pardon. Why did he do that? Why did Abraham Lincoln pardon a turkey? In general, Lincoln was a ...

As he looked out over the Potomac in the autumn of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln must have been thinking ... In addition to giving us turkey trots and leftovers, Thanksgiving remains an annual ...

The annual Turkey Bowl between Father Judge and Abraham Lincoln high schools is no more — after an announcement was made on Tuesday to end the game over safety concerns and scheduling conflicts ...

President Abraham Lincoln first proclaimed Thanksgiving a formal holiday FDR and Congress set it on the fourth Thursday of November Presidents routinely issue Thanksgiving proclamations Sure ...

OPINION: Amid a potentially nation-annihilating war that threatened to tear America to shreds, President Abraham Lincoln faced a truly excruciating catastrophe. And while he could have buckled ...

To say that Norm Kusinski was Lincoln’s “sandwich Nazi” would be a gross understatement. And it would neglect some very caring ways. But then again, Norm did things that the ...

One of the Region's oldest and most beloved sandwich shops, Lincoln's O in downtown Highland, has served its final U.S. Steel Special after 55 years. Lincoln's O posted signs on its storefront at ...

The township will ask for contract bids for paving Whitten Hollow and Turkey Ridge roads and for some streets in the township’s Lincoln Beach section, primarily Lincoln Beach Boulevard.