Lincoln's call for 'day of Thanksgiving and praise' amid the carnage of Civil War resonates strongly to this moment By Kerry J. Byrne Fox News Published November 23, 2023 4:15am EST ...

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.

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 ...

The old motto featuring Lincoln's quote was installed on plaques at roughly 50% of the VA's facilities. In the next few months, the VA will take those plaques down and replace them with the new motto.

When President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the National Thanksgiving Day holiday in 1863, he had peace on his mind. The United States was in the midst of The Civil War.

Today The Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board shares President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation.“His call upon the Almighty Hand was not to win the war, but to restore the nation to ...

Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On October 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Procla… ...

Aside from Lincoln, the quote is most commonly attributed to a doctor named Edward Stieglitz, where it was featured in an 1947 advertisement for Steiglitz's book, "The Second Forty Years." ...

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The Washington Examiner has made it a tradition to publish President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation of Oct. 3, 1863, each Thanksgiving Day. Lincoln invited "fellow citizens in every part of the ...

Today’s quote comes from Abraham Lincoln. Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809, Lincoln’s mother, Nancy, died when he was 9 years old. His father, Thomas, later remarried Sarah Johnston.

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation October 3, 1863. ... is credited to President Abraham Lincoln. It was a time of war, ...