20+ Thanksgiving Day Abraham Lincoln Pictures. Amidst a raging civil war, president abraham lincoln issued a proclamation of thanksgiving on october 3, 1863, 74 years to the day after president george washington issued his first presidential thanksgiving proclamation. As we continue deployment out in the arabian gulf, we'd like to wish all our friends and family back home a happy thanksgiving!
In july 1863, the battle of gettysburg resulted in more than 50,000 american casualties.
The real origin of modern thanksgiving, as with so much else of goodness in our national tradition, comes directly from the pen of abraham lincoln, who declared that this day in 1863—the last thursday in november—be set aside for the. Thanksgiving has been a national holiday, held every november, since president abraham lincoln declared it so in 1863. He has left us with not only a wonderful national holiday but many words of wisdom that can be shared down the years. The real origin of modern thanksgiving, as with so much else of goodness in our national tradition, comes directly from the pen of abraham lincoln, who declared that this day in 1863—the last thursday in november—be set aside for the.
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