President Abe Lincoln issued his powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, asking Americans to set aside the last Thursday of November to praise "our beneficent Father." ...

President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863, according to the National Archives. It was a ...

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To the… ...

National Thanksgiving.; PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR. Share full article. Aug. 4, 1863. ... See the article in its original context from August 4, 1863, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

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 ...

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 ...

The National Thanksgiving.; PROCLAMATION BY GOV. ... Aug. 3, 1863. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 3, 1863, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863, ... Lincoln wasn't the first president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation — George Washington did so in 1789.

Lincoln wasn't the first president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation — George Washington did so in 1789. While later presidents failed to maintain the tradition, it was Washington’s ...