Life in the “New Word” is markedly different since the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock more than 400 years ago. Since then, ...
Here’s what happened at the first Thanksgiving in 1621 when two very different groups of people came together for a feast ...
The Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest in 1621, likely between Sept. 21 and Nov. 11, with 50 Mayflower passengers and 90 Native Americans. This feast, not initially identified as Thanksgiving, ...
Traditional "first Thanksgiving" stories taught in schools tend to erase the true history, and the Native American ...
George Washington,” a 1863 engraving after a painting by Alonzo Chappel, measures 7 3/8 inches by 5 3/8 inches, from ...
While the 1621 feast wasn’t called “Thanksgiving” at the time, it set the stage for a holiday that would become a cornerstone ...
Thanksgiving is the oldest and most truly American of our national holidays. If you ask young school students who hosted and attended the first Thanksgiving dinner, you will surely hear that it was ...
Want your Thanksgiving to bring people closer together? Ask these three questions to bridge the great divides of our time.