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

Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...

The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the ...

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ...

The brevity of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address belies its depth; its power lies not only in what it says but in the silences it ...

After the results of the general election came in, Sen. John Braun observed the voters had spoken, and it was now time to get ...

Thanksgiving was celebrated well before the Pilgrims’ feast with the Wampanoag Indians, but President Abraham Lincoln created the national holiday in 1863 in a proclamation.

Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...

Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, delivered as the Civil War neared its conclusion, set a tone for President-elect ...

Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, delivered as the Civil War neared its conclusion, set a tone for President-elect ...

The details of the meal are ultimately incidental. The aim of the Thanksgiving gathering is not to eat, but to be together.