As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, many schools incorporate a celebration into their lessons to teach students about the holiday’s origins. However, some parents are finding their lessons to be a ...

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 ...

We are accustomed to thinking of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the neighboring Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts as the first to celebrate Thanksgiving, but some scholars say that isn’t accurate. Here’s ...

Eloise is celebrating her first birthday on Thanksgiving Day. This baby pilgrim, who turns 1 year old on Thanksgiving Day, celebrated with a pumpkin pie photo shoot, and we couldn't be more grateful.

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the English Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe sometime between late September and early November 1621. A letter written by Pilgrim Edward Winslow provides the ...

The story of the first Thanksgiving has been thoroughly mythologized, and concrete facts from the day are limited. Almost all the information historians have about the event comes from a letter ...