Recent research suggests that the first Thanksgiving of this kind was celebrated by new English settlers at Berkeley, Virginia, in 1619. They were Puritans giving thanks for their safe arrival on ...

Two months ago we celebrated Thanksgiving Day, and in another 10 months families will sit down to another Thanksgiving feast.

thanks to Abraham Lincoln. The enduring holiday has also nearly erased from our collective memory what happened between the Wampanoag and the English just one generation later. The Thanksgiving ...

From local harvest festival to national holiday, art and objects in the spirit of giving thanks. Enjoy a tour through the collections with a Thanksgiving playlist from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Thanksgiving is an official holiday on which Americans typically eat foods such as turkey and give thanks for the harvest. Learn more about Thanksgiving here. Asia Society’s purpose is to navigate ...