T he annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with an 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the last Thursday in November a day of “thanksgiving and praise to our ...

T he annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with a 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the last Thursday in November a day of “thanksgiving and praise to our ...

President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863, according to the National Archives. It was a gesture, say historians, meant to reconcile a deeply divided country in the ...

Thanksgiving is a day full of football ... on different days of the year. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863 declaring the last Thursday of November as the date for the ...

Thanksgiving became regularly celebrated on the last Thursday in November starting in 1863 with a proclamation from President Abraham Lincoln. The last Thursday in November fell on the last day of ...