On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young ...

“Thanksgiving Day became a habit [when] it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

This Thanksgiving, it’s worth taking a look at what George Washington had to say when he established the national holiday.

Though it’s unclear what the Washingtons served at their Thanksgiving feasts, turkeys were present on their table.

Doddering through his dotage, and in the dwindling days of his term, the "devout" President Joe Biden isn't so devout after ...

On Sept. 25, 1789, when Boudinot offered his resolution to set aside a day for Americans to give thanks to God for the ...

On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young Christopher Sheels – he powdered his hair, put on his favorite black ...

George Washington,” a 1863 engraving after a painting by Alonzo Chappel, measures 7 3/8 inches by 5 3/8 inches, from ...

Thanksgiving, and perhaps the holiday season more broadly, is a good time to take stock of all that we have been blessed with ...

While not nationally celebrated in the colonial years, Thanksgiving Day ostensibly was celebrated in the fall, celebrating a ...