At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...

A magazine "editress" tried for decades to persuade the president to declare "a day for our national rejoicing." Lincoln ...

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

At the height of the Civil War, Lincoln issued a proclamation to urge Americans to celebrate their blessings. Thanksgiving has been a tradition since.

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving ” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.

Paul Sanchez reports from Lincoln Elementary School, where students have been raising money for Special Olympics with a ...

When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years.

Charity at home and overseas is America's Thanksgiving story. President Abraham Lincoln believed the day should be spent ...

Abraham Lincoln Middle School is a public school located in Gainesville, FL, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Abraham Lincoln Middle School is 709 and the school ...

Get the inside scoop on how colleges assess your high school and its course rigor. Featuring a former Admissions Officer, you'll gain crucial insights and actionable strategies during this 60-min ...

USC was also fined $50,000. The NCAA release notes that USC head coach Lincoln Riley violated head coach responsibility rules, but it was determined suspending him "was not appropriate" because ...