The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docked at Port Klang, Malaysia last week, making its first visit to the Southeast Asia ...

Trump’s future solicitor general calls for ‘unity’ as he pleads with Letitia James to throw out a $350 million ruling ...

President Joe Biden expressed his "gratitude to the American people" and called the United states the "greatest country on ...

A man of profound insight, President Abraham Lincoln saw the impact Thanksgiving would have when he declared it a national ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

November 28, 2024 - In his first presidential proclamation, George Washington designated November 26, 1789 as a Day of National Thanksgiving. The next president to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation ...

While not nationally celebrated in the colonial years, Thanksgiving Day ostensibly was celebrated in the fall, celebrating a ...

On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young ...

Before Thanksgiving became the prominent late November holiday, much of America celebrated "Evacuation Day" – commemorating ...

Though it’s unclear what the Washingtons served at their Thanksgiving feasts, turkeys were present on their table.

“Thanksgiving Day became a habit [when] it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the ...