American schoolchildren typically learn ... consider their sober 1623 day of prayer the first actual Thanksgiving, according to the History of Massachusetts Blog. Others pinpoint 1637 as the ...

Thanksgiving celebrates the origins of the American people ... Heritage is John York whose op-Ed inspired this history lesson, writes that Americans do not share a common ancestry or ethnicity.

Other nations have also adopted Thanksgiving, inspired by the American example. Liberia, which was founded by former American slaves, marks Thanksgiving as the first Thursday in November ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more ... singing hymns in the Red Room afterward and inviting African-American staff to enjoy their own Thanksgiving meal in the ...

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.

(National Museum of the American Indian ... But first, a little history. The Thanksgiving holiday celebrated in the United States cites a particular feast. According to our national story ...

Shawnee, Oklahoma. 2/6928 National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian See Thanksgiving as a chance to share your family’s unique history and traditions, too. Talk about the actual 1621 ...