While today's Thanksgiving is known for parades, football, and shopping, the original intent was far different.

Whereas, After the first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims broke bread, gave thanks, and celebrated in Plymouth, observing the ...

The American Puritans of the 1630s and beyond were more ardent, and nervous about salvation, than the Pilgrims of the 1620s.

The fairytale-like story of Pilgrims and Native Americans supposedly breaking bread together is a misleading version of ...

When Mashpee Wampanoag author Danielle Greendeer started looking around for children’s books on Thanksgiving to share with ...

An early example of Pilgrim respect for the humanity of Native Americans came from the pen of Edward Winslow. Winslow was one ...

North Forty News Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year—a season that invites us to slow down, reflect on what ...

As we gather together to observe another Thanksgiving, let's not forget the community spirit of that first Thanksgiving and ...

A look back in time takes us to 1621, when a memorable harvest lasted three days as the Plymouth Pilgrims shared a feast with ...

According to the Library of Congress, a similar feast of gratitude took place in May 1541 in what is now Texas.

Thanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November, is a time for family, gratitude, ...