“Narratives of a harmonious Thanksgiving celebration were created to justify westward expansion and Manifest Destiny,” ...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Before they're served piles of turkey and pie, kids often hear the story of the first Thanksgiving – how Pilgrims and native Americans came together to feast and count their ...

In November of 1621, the English colonists we call Pilgrims gathered with the Wampanoag Indians to celebrate the autumn harvest, an event that has often been referred to as the first Thanksgiving.

Paula Peters remembers learning about the pilgrims' arrival in North America in elementary school, the backstory behind Thanksgiving Day. As the teacher explained how "friendly Indians" came to help ...

Come Thursday, if you want to eat what the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians feasted on at the first Thanksgiving in 1621, it’s time to stock up on venison, mussels, corn and squash. Venison was a ...

For your piece de resistance at Thanksgiving, you'll want a stainless steel roasting pan. This particular one comes recommended by Chad Houser, chef-founder at Café Momentum. Courtesy Made In ...

Today, many Thanksgiving dinners will include turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin pie. But most Americans would be surprised to discover that one of the earliest Thanksgiving meals on record ...

Don't believe everything you learned in school about the Pilgrims and the Native people who met them. From the landing on Plymouth Rock to the harmonious feast with the native Wampanoags, the story ...

An evangelical historian teaches us how to think critically about the heroes of our past. In 1623, Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford proclaimed the first Thanksgiving. "The great Father," he ...

The slightest breeze rustled through the open doors of All Saints' Church, a 600-year-old structure in Babworth, England. I shivered. It wasn't really cold and I don't believe in ghosts, but I could ...