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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You are not alone. This year, head to Red Apple Farm (https://redapplefarm.com) in woodsy Phillipston for their annual Thanksgiving Harvest Festival, taking place this year on Nov. 23 and 24.

A time to have a hearty meal with family and feel gratitude for the blessings in life and the abundance of nature’s harvest, the ancient festival of Thanksgiving dates centuries back.