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

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Following Lincoln’s proclamation of caring for those wounded by war, the first national Thanksgiving holiday was a success.

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

It’s a modern annoyance that our Thanksgiving holiday so often comes on the heels of a national election when political tension is high and emotions are still raw.

Thanksgiving began in 1621, when the Pilgrims, weary settlers in a new and untamed land, came together with the Wampanoag Native Americans to share a harvest feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts.