On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young ...

Before Thanksgiving became the prominent late November holiday, much of America celebrated "Evacuation Day" – commemorating ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

This Thanksgiving, it’s worth taking a look at what George Washington had to say when he established the national holiday.

While not nationally celebrated in the colonial years, Thanksgiving Day ostensibly was celebrated in the fall, celebrating a ...

Thanksgiving is on its latest possible date in 2024. Here's what to know about the upcoming holiday and the next time it will ...

As the first president of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in ...

On Sept. 25, 1789, when Boudinot offered his resolution to set aside a day for Americans to give thanks to God for the ...

It was Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1974, Washington at Dallas. The NFL had 26 teams in those days, and get this: only the top ...

The annual turkey pardoning is a long-held Thanksgiving tradition for the White House. But the history of exactly when the ...

“Thanksgiving Day became a habit [when] it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the ...

New Disney+ documentary “Beatles ‘64” follows the Fab Four through the chaotic days before and after the band’s Feb. 9 ...