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.

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

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 Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are staples of Thanksgiving entertainment. Here's the full history of why the teams play ...

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

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

The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.

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

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