WASHINGTON, Friday, Oct. 21. President LINCOLN has issued a proclamation setting apart the last Thursday in November for a day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God for, among other things ...

I do therefore appoint Thursday, the Twenty-ninth day of November next, as a day of Praise, Thanksgiving and Prayer to Almighty God, and I recommend that the people of this State do, on that day ...

But her columns on Thanksgiving Day were notable exceptions to her more run-of-the mill observations. And the one published on Nov. 24, 1938, was one of the most moving in her literary arsenal.

Washington as statesman-educator propounded this civil theology in several state documents and addresses, including the first Thanksgiving Proclamation of the United States in 1789.

For years historians have given credit to President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, when he called for a national day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the last Thursday in ...

On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving. He saw the occasion as a peaceful interlude amid the Civil War.

Lincoln’s Proclamation 118, signed October 20, 1864, established a National Day of Thanksgiving — but not just that. Not a day where we, as citizens, gather to be thankful for another year of ...

But the day which Thanksgiving is celebrated can vary year to year, ... With President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation, Thanksgiving became regularly celebrated on the last Thursday in November.

President Abraham Lincoln (left) declared the last Thursday in November a national day of Thanksgiving in an Oct. 3, 1863, proclamation written by Secretary of State William Seward (right).

President George Washington declared Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin," after he was asked by the first Federal Congress, according to the National Archives.

Landing on November 28, Thanksgiving is only barely happening in November this year. It’s much later than last year’s November 23, 2022’s November 24, and slightly later than 2025’s ...

Thanksgiving Day proclamation from Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful ...