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

The official civic celebration on Friday, August 1st marks the ceremonial start of Ilkley’s Yorkshire Day weekend. The centrepiece is the grand procession of around 170 mayors, town criers, and ...

America's Second Independence Day is today. So, what is Juneteenth? And why is it celebrated? Here's what to know.

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Juneteenth on Thursday commemorates when the last enslaved Black people in the country were finally told they were free. What ...

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.

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

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging. As is our annual tradition, we reproduce the text below in ...

Hale's idea became reality on Oct. 3, 1863, when Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November to be the permanent National Thanksgiving Day.