This southern Thanksgiving staple wasn’t served when the Puritans and the Wampanoag sat down for dinner in 1621. In addition to the lack of ingredients for making pasta, macaroni and cheese wasn ...

The story of the Pilgrims' feast — the one behind all those elementary school plays and corny cartoon specials — is based on an actual meal that English settlers shared with the Wampanoag ...

The story of the Pilgrims' feast — the one behind all those elementary school plays and corny cartoon specials — is based on an actual meal that English settlers shared with the Wampanoag ...

News Did the Pilgrims eat turkey at the 1st Thanksgiving? Here’s what to know about the U.S. holiday, how to celebrate it and how people celebrate it in other countries.

The Thanksgiving traditions started by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in 1621 are what most Americans follow. But history shows a celebration to give thanks occurred in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.

This Thanksgiving will be the 402nd in our history, counting back to when the Pilgrims, near the end of their first full year in the New World, shared a three-day feast with the Wampanoag Indians ...

But there’s just one catch. According to historians and archeologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History — The Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving wasn’t the first.

Thanksgiving Was Born From America’s Struggles The history of the Pilgrims, the early Republic and the Civil War shaped a holiday that calls for gratitude in the face of challenges.