An important task is at hand: choosing the Daily News Male Athlete of the Year for 2024-25. Last year’s poll attracted nearly ...

The Stars released their 2025-26 schedule, which starts with a September 26th game against Sioux Falls. Lincoln’s opener will ...

Lincoln obliged and a few weeks later, on Oct. 3, 1863 — during the height of the Civil War — he issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation. Ever since, the country has celebrated Thanksgiving Day.

Hale is credited with persuading Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. (Library of Congress) Library of Congress Washington, D.C. Oct. 3, 1863 ...

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 ...

Editorial: Lincoln offers a model of how we, in the midst of seemingly never-ending conflicts, can celebrate Thanksgiving.

Editorial: Lincoln offers a model of how we, in the midst of seemingly never-ending conflicts, can celebrate Thanksgiving.

Lincoln’s idea of Thanksgiving for charity and peace is something we should always make a part of the holiday. Charity at home and overseas is America’s Thanksgiving story.

Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It's a time to heal our nation's wounds and unite. Abraham Lincoln created the holiday for just that purpose. Now it's our turn.

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to seek reconciliation to God and to our neighbors.

Lincoln sets Thanksgiving as last Thursday in November. During the Civil War, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln set the date for a national day of Thanksgiving to be held on the last Thursday in ...