Colonial character was driven by a creative tension between lofty ideals and mundane desires. Illustration of ‘The First Thanksgiving 1621,’ after a painting by J.L.G. Ferris.

Thanksgiving is too big a holiday to get dethroned, at least any time soon, but it’s worth sticking up for the Pilgrims now accused of myriad sins. Primary Menu Sections US News ...

Third grade students at Fairview Elementary School in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, recreated "the first Thanksgiving" last week. When it comes to historical memory, the old saying that you can’t ...

Native Americans welcomed immigrant Pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving Published: Nov. 22, 2017, 1:17 p.m. The Pilgrims were religious refugees who have been romanticized throughout American ...

The Pilgrims are much on folk's minds this time of year: iconic images of families huddled aboard the Mayflower as she churns, North America-bound, through the cold Atlantic, a hardy ...

Americans started preparing their Thanksgiving menus weeks ago, with the requisite turkeys and stuffing ingredients likely already purchased for the holiday, which is celebrated this year on ...

The Pilgrims weren’t the first people from Europe to set foot on the North American continent, but it would be hard to argue any from the early 17th century had more of a prominent impact.

A statue of the Native American leader Massasoit looks out over the traditional point of arrival of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620, in Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 12, 2020. David Goldman—AP ...

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.

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 ...

President Barack Obama prepares to 'pardon' the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2015. This was a tradition started by ...

When the Pilgrims landed on the shores of what is now Cape Cod in late November of 1620, they “fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven” for delivering them to a safe harbor. It had ...