Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

Thanksgiving Day is always on the fourth Thursday in ... the first Thanksgiving by the national government of the United ...

less than a month after the attack at Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, Congress passed a law declaring the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day, where it ...

Another Thanksgiving Day is upon us. Can you believe it? I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older, or if the world has begun to spin faster, but it feels as though last ...

Hale campaigned for a national day of Thanksgiving for decades. In the 1840s, many states had an annual Thanksgiving Day, but the date varied depending on where you lived. There wasn't one ...

Count Your Blessings” is one of the most loved hymns. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. who wrote some 5,000 hymn texts during his lifetime. Oatman, who was born April 12, 1856, was also ...

Realizing Thanksgiving Day is closer than you thought? Buy pantry staples like eggs, butter, sugar, oil, chicken stock and foil. Before buying your turkey, look for supermarket deals like a free ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving ... according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to ... In most years, the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day at U.S. airports ...