Goetze: While researching the historical and legendary 1621 Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving, I discovered interesting and somewhat contradictory material.

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

This was the event that now marks the first American day of Thanksgiving, even though many Indigenous peoples had long had rituals that included giving thanks and other European settlers had ...

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MOLINE -- Kernels of Pilgrim corn, wisdom and piety will be shared at a Thanksgiving Day worship service at First Congregational Church in Moline. Church members wearing Pilgrim and American Indian ...

“Narratives of a harmonious Thanksgiving celebration were created to justify westward expansion and Manifest Destiny,” ...

The first Thanksgiving started after the New England colonists survived a harsh winter after landing on Plymouth Rock.

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