A menu for a 1779 New England Thanksgiving included dishes from turkey and venison to pumpkin pie.
Why were twenty wounded American soldiers released on Thanksgiving in 1950, days before the Chinese attacked in Korea?
Strictly speaking, the high-spirited gathering was a harvest festival, not a thanksgiving.
When President Washington proclaimed the first Thanksgiving, the anti-Federalists complained it usurped States’ Rights
An attempt at modest celebration during the longest battle on German territory during World War II ended badly.