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What is the true history of Thanksgiving?

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As for Thanksgiving week at Plymouth Plantation in 1621, the friendship was guarded and not always sincere, and the peace was very soon abused. But for three days in New England's history, peace and friendship were there. So here is a story for your children. read more

The True Story of Thanksgiving This November, when we sit down to our traditional Thanksgiving day meals, some of us will pass the stuffing and cranberry sauce and imagine the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag guests doing pretty much the same thing back in 1621. read more

The first Thanksgiving Day did occur in the year 1637, but it was nothing like our Thanksgiving today. On that day the Massachusetts Colony Governor, John Winthrop, proclaimed such a "Thanksgiving" to celebrate the safe return of a band of heavily armed hunters, all colonial volunteers. read more

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