Our modern definition of Thanksgiving revolves around eating turkey, but this was more of an occasion for religious observance in past centuries. The Pilgrims would most likely consider their ...

Another Thanksgiving Day is upon us. Can you believe it? I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older, or if the world has begun to spin faster, but it feels as though last ...

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Yes, even all of you non-USA residents! And also yes, Mrs. Dunn (my HS grammar teacher) would be horrified by what I’ve just done in this paragraph. Thanksgiving ...

Thanksgiving Day in 1900, fans descended on San Francisco's Mission District for Stanford and Cal's rivalry showdown, when ...

This year, they will play the New York Giants in the John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration, but in this article, we are going to look at the team’s history on Turkey Day. The Dallas Cowboys have ...

From local harvest festival to national holiday, art and objects in the spirit of giving thanks. Enjoy a tour through the collections with a Thanksgiving playlist from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. A good autumn harvest led the Pilgrims to hold a feast to give thanks that lasted for three days. On October 3, 1789 ...

And she notes that students can use Thanksgiving and their new tools for thinking about culture to learn and share more about their own family’s history and traditions. Renée Gokey Theresa ...