Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day?

The bald eagle may be America's bird 364 days a year, but the turkey has one day all to itself — Thanksgiving. Here's some interesting turkey trivia that might surprise you: Wild turkeys can fly, but domestic turkeys cannot. read more

Why exactly the Turkey has been the star of “Turkey Day” since at least the mid-19th century is a matter of much debate, particularly given the consensus amongst historians that the Pilgrims and the Native Americans probably didn’t focus on the bird at the “First Thanksgiving” in 1621. read more

Historians have found they ate some turkey then, but venison was the main meat eaten. Potatoes also weren’t eaten at that meal, because they weren’t grown in the area at the time. Pies were not on the menu because they weren’t yet growing wheat either. read more