On this day in history, Oct. 3, 1863, Lincoln issues powerful Thanksgiving proclamation
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President Abe Lincoln issued his powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, asking Americans to set aside the last Thursday of November to praise "our beneficent Father."
The tradition of Thanksgiving in America dated back to the first Pilgrim and Wampanoag feast of 1621. President George Washington proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving exactly 74 years before Lincoln's decree on Oct. 3, 1789. "Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battlefield." — Abraham Lincoln "(We) fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation." — Abraham Lincoln Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Other presidents issued similar proclamations.
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