On the recordJuly 14, 1863
I do set apart Thursday, the 6th day of August next, to be observed as a day for national thanksgiving, praise, and prayer.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Proclamation 103—Day of Thanksgiving, Praise, and Prayer, August 6, 1863
Share
More from Abraham Lincoln
Mar 26, 1865
Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and plant upon the ruins of Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, the same United States flag which floated over the battlements…
Apr 11, 1865
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Mar 15, 1865
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
Apr 11, 1865
I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.
Other voices in this conversation
