Lincoln, Grant, and Holiday Observances Gerald D. Swick December 16, 2018 Once, in America history blog itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Did you know Ulysses S. Grant did the same for Christmas and Fourth of July? TweetPinShare2Reddit2 Shares
Christmas Shopping in October – A Not-So-New Idea Gerald D. Swick December 9, 2018 Once, in America history blog itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment Retailers have been turning the flying reindeer loose in October for over 100 years. TweetPinShare12Reddit12 Shares
Thanksgiving a ‘Yankee Abolitionist Holiday’ Gerald D. Swick November 19, 2018 Once, in America history blog itemprop="discussionURL"Leave a comment As sectional tensions grew before the Civil War, Southerners came to regard the New England holiday of Thanksgiving as a tool of abolitionists. TweetPinShare4Reddit4 Shares