Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and for history lovers, it's not just a time to eat until bursting. The history of the Thanksgiving holiday has been diluted and romanticized to make it more palatable, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanksgiving is celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 28 this year, and as the holiday quickly approaches many are left wondering: When was ...

The Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s school curriculum frames the Pilgrims as the main characters and reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. It also erases a monumentally sad ...

When it comes to the Thanksgiving menu, it's changed a lot over the years. The first Thanksgiving, celebrated in Massachusetts over 400 years ago, likely didn't even include turkey. Instead there was ...

Every tradition has to start somewhere. For Thanksgiving, that story begins with the pilgrims in the 1600s. For the NFL on Thanksgiving, we'll have to fast forward a little bit. The NFL was born in ...

Certain holidays are associated with different foods, and for Thanksgiving, that’s turkey — but why is that what we eat? We asked a history expert to learn more. Turkey’s spot on the holiday table can ...

Thanksgiving was never about celebrating America's greatness. It was and is about pilgrims learning how to survive in the new world, the nation's hard-won independence, and healing the wounds of a ...

Thanksgiving and NFL football go hand-in-hand today, but when did the tradition of football on Turkey Day even start? As it turns out, the NFL – technically, its direct predecessor, the American ...