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

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

It was Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1974, Washington at Dallas. The NFL had 26 teams in those days, and get this: only the top ...

Before Thanksgiving became the prominent late November holiday, much of America celebrated "Evacuation Day" – commemorating ...

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

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

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

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

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

As the first president of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in ...

“the hurry of spirits, that ever attends the eager pursuit of fortune and a passion for splendid enjoyment, leads to ...