President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, at the maiden National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving, led Ghanaians to express gratitude to God for the peace, stability, and prosperity of the nation.

Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier ...

Sarah Josepha Hale was the editor of the extremely popular monthly publication Godey’s Lady’s Book, the writer of Mary H ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday.

Overlooked, however, was an earlier proclamation by Washington on Oct. 3, 1789, in the first year of his presidency, when he proclaimed a national day of public thanksgiving and prayer.

Editor’s note: At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of Thanksgiving in 1863. Most remarkably, Lincoln made his ...

PD Editorial: For Thanksgiving, President Washington’s proclamation George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

President George Washington even issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, but it wasn't a permanent holiday, according to The Center for Legislative Archives.

The Thanksgiving Proclamation was not the first time that the president had called on Americans to turn toward heaven. In 1861, and on multiple occasions thereafter, Lincoln declared national days ...

Your guide Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday until 1863, though the "first celebration" is said to have taken place in 1621, the History Channel reports.