The story of how the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock abandoned the common labor system and embraced private ownership is well known ...

Following Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492, the Europeans set their sights on the New World and what would become the ...

Only one eyewitness account survives: a 1621 letter from the Pilgrim Edward Winslow. He reported that the Wampanoag’s leader, ...

The real first Thanksgiving happened right here in Virginia, nearly two years before the historic feast that gets all the ...

Thanksgiving is one of the most American holidays around, but if you're in London, there's a spot that claims to have started ...

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

We all learned the story of Thanksgiving as kids. We were taught that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 and were ...

The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ feast narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America, excluding groups like Native Americans, ...

Thanksgiving is not just a day off and a big dinner. We tell ourselves that it is a uniquely American holiday. It may seem like that, the way it is based in our Plymouth Rock origin story. It comes to ...

Ah, Thanksgiving. An American holiday centered around food, no wonder it’s one of my favorites. Which begs the question: if April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims, ...

Plymouth Rock is likely not where the Pilgrims landed for the first time. But it doesn't make the destination any less ...

William Brewster, a passenger and leader on the first Mayflower voyage to the New World, is said to be an Orinda resident’s ancestor.