This Thanksgiving, it’s worth taking a look at what George Washington had to say when he established the national holiday.

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, ...

How do you come together as a nation in thanksgiving when the powers-that-be continue to polarize and divide us into warring ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. As the first president of the United States, ...

The annual turkey pardoning is a long-held Thanksgiving tradition for the White House. But the history of exactly when the ...

The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.

Traditional "first Thanksgiving" stories taught in schools tend to erase the true history, and the Native American ...

While many know the story of Thanksgiving, there are details often left out. For one, only 52 of the 130 pilgrims who set sail on the Mayflower survived the first year after reaching what is now ...

The presidential practice of granting clemency to lucky turkeys is now an established American tradition. Here's a look into ...

Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who are escaping a fowl fate as part of a White House tradition.