When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...

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Charity at home and overseas is America's Thanksgiving story. President Abraham Lincoln believed the day should be spent ...

Hale's idea became reality on Oct. 3, 1863, when Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November to be ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We all agree that a traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes things like turkey, cranberry sauce and ...

Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for ...

When the Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving in 1621, their feast did not have turkey. Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow ...

As America and its families become more secular, Thanksgiving s Christian origins have been less prominent and forgotten ...

Thanksgiving, with its associations of family, tradition and American history, is an important holiday for many people. And ...

Turkey may have been part of the holiday meal, along with venison, shellfish and corn, but pies and potatoes were decidedly ...

As we gather this Thanksgiving, it's easy to take abundance for granted. Leftovers are practically guaranteed. It wasn't ...

When the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag shared the first Thanksgiving in 1621, sweet potatoes, apple pie, and turkey were missing ...