The next morning a “large number gathers” (that is as specific as the historical record gets on this) on the town green with ...

Growing up, Thanksgiving was always -- by far -- my favorite holiday on the American civic calendar. It still is today. And ...

By Michael Carrafiello Professor of History, Miami University Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of ...

For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest, so they have developed their own events for that ...

Thanksgiving in the United States is based on a mythical feast between the Wampanoag people and Mayflower Pilgrims. The ...

Whenever the holiday season comes around, annual traditions and Thanksgiving activities seem to explode. Family events center ...

Although the exact menu of the first Thanksgiving is unknown, there are many clues about what the feast would have consisted ...

By Jeff Moore Historical accounts of the first Thanksgiving celebrated by some early settlers in what is now New England represent the moral underpinnings of what makes America the most prosperous ...

The turkeys at Morris Hill Farm in Tracy’s Landing are curious, friendly and delicious. The turkey pen is rotated every week, ...

Over the river and through the woods, To grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through white and drifted snow. Last week’s article was about how Thanksgiving began and ...

While waiting to find an appropriate place to land, the pilgrims drew up the Mayflower Compact, which established the body of government that would be in place for their colony, and is considered by ...

Puritans and Pilgrims came out of the same religious culture of 1570s England. Pilgrims hosted the first American ...