Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As you sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year, you may wonder where the holiday feast comes from. Though dishes like turkey ...

Before you trot out the turkey for this year’s big feast, how much do you know about the original celebration that began the holiday tradition? Test your knowledge with this short quiz. 1. The ...

When it comes to the Thanksgiving menu, it's changed a lot over the years. The first Thanksgiving, celebrated in Massachusetts over 400 years ago, likely didn't even include turkey. Instead there was ...

In 1789, George Washington became the first of many US presidents to formally proclaim a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer." evgenyb - stock.adobe.com The first Thanksgiving in the New World was ...

Plymouth Colony’s first Thanksgiving is often imagined as a chilly late November gathering in 1621, but the event likely took place earlier in the season. While the modern holiday falls on the last ...