From the Mayflower to the Midwest: The Illinois connection to Thanksgiving’s history
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...
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Why the first Thanksgiving may not have had the Pilgrims
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, they may have had a thanksgiving predating their first known observance in ...
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The 1620 Project: The importance of Thanksgiving as an American holiday
Over four centuries ago, the Pilgrims planted the roots of what would ultimately become the constitutional republic of the United States of America.
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Reflections on Native American History During Thanksgiving
The arrival of each holiday season in the U.S. brings the inevitable retelling, and mistelling, of the “first Thanksgiving.” ...
Ditch Black Friday and embrace Buy Nothing Day
Buy Nothing Day offers a radical alternative to Black Friday’s consumer chaos. The movement, which started in the 1990s as a ...
Which Countries Celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan, a holiday celebrated on November 23 every year. It While it is not exactly the same ...