Thanksgiving in the US is traditionally a time for family and food. American schoolchildren typically learn that the tradition dates back to the Pilgrims, who helped establish Plymouth Colony in ...

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.

We are celebrating Thanksgiving Day with a whole host of music dedicated to appreciation and giving thanks. It’s a uniquely American holiday that was given national status by Abraham Lincoln in ...

This sketch, by American illustrator Alfred Waud, depicts a Thanksgiving celebration at a Union camp in 1861. Service members celebrate the end of World War I with a Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 28 ...

That first parade held on a relatively mild Thanksgiving Day in 1924, was extolled as ... over time it set the standard for ...

Lincoln announced the holiday as a day to give thanks to God for ... Other nations have also adopted Thanksgiving, inspired by the American example. Liberia, which was founded by former American ...

Cleanup is underway along the Ben Franklin Parkway after the 105th 6abc Dunkin' Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off the holiday season! Father, son duo turns love for clowns into parade tradition ...

In 1970 the United American Indians of New England declared Thanksgiving as their National Day of Mourning. Instead of celebrating, they hold a march and rally in Plymouth, Massachusetts ...

23/3320. (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian) To the original peoples of this continent, each day is a day to give thanks to the Creator. Thanksgiving ceremonies have always taken ...

In most years, the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day at U.S. airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration, which tracks the number of passengers screened daily.

Between Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage and Month ... Above all, remember to give thanks for each and every day, a gift that is not guaranteed to any of us. Ed. Note: This article ...