Thanksgiving History

Thanksgiving and Genocide: Writing a More Honest Story and Living a Better Story

Eugene Cho | Posted 01.23.2012

Eugene Cho

At the expense of being called a cynic, a hater, an angry Asian man, and [insert your words here], I still think it's important and necessary to be mi...

Happy Thanksgiving: An American Indian Perspective

Terra Trevor | Posted 01.23.2012

Terra Trevor

After the "Thanksgiving" holiday was coined and continues to be celebrated based on a story that does not include factual Native American history, "Thanksgiving" has become a time of mourning for many Native People.

Was The First Thanksgiving A Religious Celebration?

Posted 11.18.2011

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) If you want to prepare for Thanksgiving like a real Pilgrim this year, here's what you should do: Canc...

PHOTOS: 10 Terrific Thanksgiving Traditions Around The Country

Posted 05.25.2011

Thanksgiving so often becomes such a homebody holiday (food coma, anyone!?) that it's easy to lose sight of the bigger, exciting picture of what's goi...

A TEA Party Thanksgiving

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Jilly Gagnon

Gather round, children. I'm going to tell you the tale of the very first Thanksgiving.

A Day To Give Thanks Is Part Of Native American Tradition

Tim Giago | Posted 11.17.2011

Tim Giago

By now I believe most Americans understand that the creative stories surrounding the first Thanksgiving are, for the most part, a myth.

How Moses Created Thanksgiving: The Biblical Roots Of America's Holiday

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Bruce Feiler

The Pilgrims, a band of Protestant outcasts, saw themselves as fulfilling this biblical story. In coming to the New World, they, too, had to cross a tumultuous sea, arrive in an untested wilderness and create a new "Promised Land."

7 Things You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Thanksgiving is upon us and while we all know and love the traditions, what about the history left out of the mix? Did you know that FDR tried to move...

Give Thanks and Please Pass the Drumstick

Patricia Draznin | Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Draznin

As we approach the 2009 holiday season we pause to give thanks for the blessings of good friends, organic eggnog, and unemployment compensation.