Britain’s Harvest Festival, often regarded as the inspiration for the first Massachusetts Thanksgiving, dates back to pre-Christian times. Modern traditions, originating in 1843, include decorating ...

Over time, this simple harvest festival evolved into a national holiday, with President Abraham Lincoln officially declaring it a federal holiday in 1863 in the United States. Thanksgiving in ...

Thanksgiving, a holiday rooted in joining ... The Pilgrims did celebrate a three-day harvest festival in 1621, experts say, but there's no record the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts received ...

Thanksgiving, a holiday rooted in healing ... The Pilgrims did celebrate a three-day harvest festival in 1621, experts say, but there's no record the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts received ...