It was the beginning of another uncertain chapter of the Pilgrim story. With winter upon them, they had to build homes and find sources of food, while negotiating the shifting political alliances of ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...

The Wampanoag were the Native American tribe that joined the Pilgrims for the "First Thanksgiving," yet much of the common lore about that story is inaccurate. For example, the Wampanoag weren't ...

As we approach Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States, I thought that it might be interesting to discuss a few animals and plants that might have been included on menus of the first ...

One of the things I have always enjoyed about the run up to Thanksgiving was Rush Limbaugh’s annual monologue. If you want to know the truth—not just about the Pilgrims and the origin of the ...

(RNS) — Historians are well aware that debates about the past are inseparable from debates about the present. This year, perhaps like no recent Thanksgiving, Christians in the United States are ...

It wasn't a meal between Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621 that kicked off the tradition of Thanksgiving. (Image courtesy of Getty Images) You may have some misconceptions about "the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Image: ‘The First Thanksgiving, 1621,’ by Jean L. G. Ferris. Library of Congress) Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to ...

(The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story. (The Conversation) — Nine ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...