One of the major holidays in the United States is Thanksgiving Day. The modern national celebration dates to 1863 and it has ...

"I guess I'm thankful for that sense of community that came out of it," accordionist Paul Gisondo said. "I just have a great ...

When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...

In my five decades on this earth, I’ve celebrated Thanksgiving in lots of ways. Most have been the traditional, fancy kinds of Thanksgivings, the ones at your grandmother’s house with ...

Americans dodged a political bullet and have much to be thankful for this Holiday season. Providence has granted a reprieve ...

Thanksgiving Day is the time each year when we give thanks to the Native Americans who saved the Pilgrims' bacon.

There was a briskness to the early morning air, my breath frosting as it drifted away on the chilling breeze. Gretch was ...

A recent piece highlights how Thanksgiving is, at its core, a distinctly Christian holiday, characterized by the Pilgrims’ steadfast faith and gratitude toward God amidst adversity. The first ...

The act of giving is valued in virtually all great religions. It isn’t just giving, either. It is that there is an expectation of nothing in return. No naming rights, no reciprocity, and perhaps even ...

Over four centuries ago, the Pilgrims planted the roots of what would ultimately become the constitutional republic of the United States of America.

Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...

Buy Nothing Day offers a radical alternative to Black Friday’s consumer chaos. The movement, which started in the 1990s as a ...