Pilgrim leader Governor Bradford announced the celebration of Thanksgiving - proclaiming appreciation for the first harvest ...

In 1621, Winslow wrote a letter describing how the 52 surviving colonists held a feast after their first successful harvest.

Bradford claimed that Morton and his followers had fallen “to great licentiousness” and led “dissolute” lives. Rather than ...

The only reason we get to celebrate Thanksgiving with lots of food is because the Pilgrims learned (the hard way) that ...

Beyond mere survival, there wasn’t much to be thankful for in 1621. Beyond the birds shot by a hunting party, food was hardly ...

Amazingly, there was a type of communism imposed on the Pilgrims, who settled Plymouth in December 1620, by those who lent ...

The spiritual link between Jewish Exodus story and American founding shaped the nation's moral foundation, with gratitude ...

In the autumn of 1621, the pilgrims of the nascent Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, along with scores of Native Americans, gathered to celebrate a successful harvest with a feast that was to be ...

This time last year, borrowing heavily from a post by Alex Tabarrok, I noted how the underlying story of Thanksgiving was one of a failed collectivist experiment (yes, collectivism has been tried).

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 -- ah, seems like just yesterday! Nowadays, the Thanksgiving menu features wide ...

The proverb “Every dog has its day” has ancient roots, perhaps dating back to ancient Greece; some even see an early ...

A 10-year-old, Rosie Mellor, from Bradford Stage School, is set to make her screen debut in a supernatural thriller on ...