The White House's history with Thanksgiving, and how the turkey pardon came to be
The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...
Abraham Lincoln Gay? 9 Pieces of Evidence From the New Documentary Lover of Men
The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the […] The post Abraham Lincoln Gay? 9 Pieces of ...
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Plymouth Myths: How Abraham Lincoln reinvented Thanksgiving amid the bloodshed of Civil War
The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...
Trump’s ‘nauseating’ last-ditch attempt to toss his fraud case mentions Washington and Lincoln
Trump’s future solicitor general calls for ‘unity’ as he pleads with Letitia James to throw out a $350 million ruling ...
Thanksgiving is about food, football and parades. But the holiday is also about helping
Charity at home and overseas is America's Thanksgiving story. President Abraham Lincoln believed the day should be spent ...
Lincoln gave us Thanksgiving as a time to unite. We owe it to him to try
Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln ...
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‘Lincoln vs. Davis,’ a lively history of the Civil War’s chief figures
Abraham Lincoln, born poor and largely self-educated, served one term in Congress and had minimal military service during the Black Hawk War (he ... Focusing on the first two years of the Civil War in ...
President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving ” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.
This week in Philly history: Which version of the Gettysburg Address did Abraham Lincoln actually say?
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The next day, newspapers such as The Inquirer re-printed ...
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving: A gesture of unity in a fractured time (Editorial Board Opinion)
A magazine "editress" tried for decades to persuade the president to declare "a day for our national rejoicing." Lincoln ...
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This Thanksgiving, follow Abraham Lincoln’s lead: thank God—and repent
For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ...