Growing up, Thanksgiving was always -- by far -- my favorite holiday on the American civic calendar. It still is today. And ...

Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost un-American about it. It is a day opposed to striving, to getting more. We stop adding up the numbers on the scorecard of ...

Thanksgiving is often celebrated in the United States as a time for gratitude, family, and feasting. The narrative taught in ...

By Michael Carrafiello Professor of History, Miami University Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of ...

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

As our modern gladiators chase a pigskin down the field in Detroit, Dallas and Green Bay, we settle into our living rooms, loosen our belts and remind the little ones this is the day we echo the ...

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 ...

Thanksgiving is a time when families get together, snack on appetizers, enjoy each other’s company and get ready for the main ...

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

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 ...