The Pilgrims, struggling to survive after their harsh first winter, celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day festival ...

Corn is a Thanksgiving staple representing survival, tradition, and cultural exchange. Discover its journey from a Mexican ...

It's an opportunity for families past and present to come together, remember who they are and what they mean to each other ...

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears—a death march that ...

In 1621, the Puritans/Pilgrims celebrated the first thanksgiving. It wasn't until 1863 that Abraham Lincoln made it an official national holiday, and in December 1941, Congress passed a law making ...

A popular Thanksgiving hymn begins, “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.” This Thanksgiving we might consider ...

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. The prototype of Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims who celebrated their ...

No one knows quite what to do with Thanksgiving since most of what we think of as “tradition” is bogus, former Historic ...

Thanksgiving is one of the most important federal holidays in the United States. It's celebrated every year on the fourth ...

For the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, a three-day feast in the autumn of 1621 was a thanksgiving for a successful ...

This joyous annual parade through Plymouth, Massachusetts, is one of the nation's only historically accurate chronological ...

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with ...