After Jonas Seaman spent $4 for a license to run a “house of Public Entertainment,” he had a signboard painted with the image ...

It wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. The Myth: The tryptophan in turkey is responsible for the post-Thanksgiving nap.

The National Day of Prayer will be observed on May 1, locally at noon on the Court Square. This annual event, held the first Thursday in May, invites people of all faiths to pray for our nation.

Editor's Note: Gayle Wood of Kenwood wrote this several decades ago after reading "First Woman Editor: Sarah J. Hale" by Olive Woolley Burt. The piece was stored for years in her basement, until ...

Thanksgiving Day isn’t just about parades ... a national holiday in the United States since 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared it so. Due to the Civil war, the holiday was not ...

Dates for Thanksgiving ranged from early October through the end of December. In 1863, Secretary of State William H. Seward convinced President Abraham Lincoln to make it a national holiday on the ...

Then-General George Washington observed a sort of Thanksgiving on his way to Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War, Biden said, and former-President Abraham Lincoln codified the holiday into ...

Sauer’s letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James on November 26 invokes George Washington’s farewell remarks against “the spirit of revenge” and Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving ...

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday, calling on the country to come together in “the full enjoyment of peace ...

Justice will be served Monday as Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkeys on the ... go back in presidential history as far as Abraham Lincoln’s administration. Folklore has it that ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) came to Washington D.C.'s streets to slam President Joe Biden for his Turkey pardon ahead of Thanksgiving. PETA's "Hell on Wheels" turkey lorry ...