He wrote of a harvest feast the Pilgrims shared with the Wampanoag over three days in late autumn. The meal would have looked unfamiliar to people who associate Thanksgiving with green bean ...

Thanksgiving in the US is traditionally a time for family and food. American schoolchildren typically learn that the tradition dates back to the Pilgrims, who helped establish Plymouth Colony in ...

Fewer workers get Presidents Day as a holiday compared to days like Christmas and Thanksgiving. One economist suggests why it ...

On Thursday our country will celebrate Thanksgiving. When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of it as a time when we connect with our immediate and extended families. It is a time of feasting on ...

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. A good autumn harvest led the Pilgrims to hold a feast to give thanks that lasted for three days. On October 3, 1789 ...

Did you know that the First Thanksgiving between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims may have actually had more to do with diplomacy than a simple feast? Learn more about the actual event in this ...