Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation
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Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation set a national holiday for the last Thursday of November, and this picture belongs to that moment when the nation was still fighting the Civil War. Lincoln issued the order on October 3, 1863, asking Americans to give thanks for blessings on the country despite the conflict. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, had campaigned for a national Thanksgiving for years, and her efforts helped bring the idea to Lincoln's attention. Worth noticing is how the proclamation tied a domestic harvest custom to the wartime effort to hold the Union together.
| Original scan | 1,465 × 2,237 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation |
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