Lincoln issued his proclamation on Oct. 3 ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens." ...

Lincoln obliged and a few weeks later, on Oct. 3, 1863 — during the height of the Civil War — he issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation. Ever since, the country has celebrated Thanksgiving Day.

Hale campaigned for a national day of Thanksgiving for ... but President Lincoln did not. His October 3rd, 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation read, "In the midst of a civil war of unequal magnitude ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. -- The President has issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 and Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863, send powerful and timely messages to the people of the USA and Israel today.

Thanksgiving Day is always on the fourth Thursday ... A few decades later, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a ...

George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year. Abraham Lincoln would later ...

The day was observed as a holiday by the ... R.J. WALKER, who called upon Mr. HUNTING to read the Thanksgiving Proclamation of President LINCOLN. This having been done, prayer was offered up ...