Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation ...

Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion. He would use it to call on the people he now ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...

November 26 has always been a day marked by significant events across the globe.Back in 1789, the United States Congress ...

Washington doesn’t impose that duty on the people. He acknowledges their desire, expressed through Congress, to fulfill this ...

Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed. It peeks through in reply to two obvious questions: Thanksgiving to whom? Thanksgiving for what? In ...

Two Thanksgivings? Family members in another state off on a different day? While there have been Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States before there was even a United States, the holiday's ...

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke ...

A duplicate of the George Washington statue in Richmond, Virginia was erected outside The National Gallery in London, England. (Getty Images) On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early.