Presidents George Washington, John Adams and James Madison all proclaimed days of thanksgiving — sometimes, but not always, in November (Adams and Madison issued such proclamations in March ...

The first Thanksgiving I remember, I was in the second grade. Most won’t think of the history of the meal before, during, or ... Sure, it’s a tradition. So is the Confederate flag.

Bishop OTEY, of Tennessee, in a pastoral letter dated July 26, promulgates the following prayer, to be used on the Sunday preceding the day of thanksgiving fixed by the Confederate Congress: ...

The Mississippi legal code recognizes 10 holidays ranging from the traditional ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Veterans ...

On the eve of Thanksgiving, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the North Carolina division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) over a ...

On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of November to be a “day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in ...

Will Confederate faces on Georgia's Stone Mountain be removed? 02:59. ... The group marked its comeback with a cross burning atop the mountain on Thanksgiving night 1915.

Mississippians who are uncomfortable with the state recognizing Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday have options.

The Mississippi legal code recognizes 10 holidays ranging from the traditional ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Veterans Day. ... the state has a Confederate Memorial Day holiday in April.

Lexington County is 1 of 8 South Carolina counties to take the day off in observation of Confederate Memorial Day, ... such as Thanksgiving or New Year’s Day, ...