The Pilgrims were, to use the hostile term applied to Israelis in the debate over Palestine, unquestionably “settler colonialists.” As such, they are increasingly out of favor as Thanksgiving ...

Lincoln’s first Thanksgiving Day didn't mention Pilgrims. The first national Thanksgiving Day did not invoke the Pilgrims at all. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared a Thanksgiving Day ...

This Thanksgiving, it’s worth reflecting on why we celebrate the Pilgrims and their living legacy for our nation. More from Opinion Steve Doocy: Shake up your Thanksgiving with this recipe for ...

This Thanksgiving we should also remember that what we are really celebrating is the birth of free enterprise in America. ... Thanksgiving: Pilgrims, property rights and prosperity.

At the time he met the Pilgrims, Squanto was already one of few surviving Patuxets (one of the bands in the Wampanoag confederation). The tribes' small numbers would have made it difficult to ...

The traditional story of Thanksgiving, and by extension the Pilgrims — the one repeated in school history books and given the Peanuts treatment in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" — doesn’t ...

If you pictured the Pilgrims drinking beer at the first Thanksgiving, think again. While they drank in general, they likely didn't imbibe at the historic meal.

Wheat Rolls. The Pilgrims had no wheat flour for baking traditional bread rolls in 1621. Instead, the first Thanksgiving featured Wampanoag corn bread.

Read more: What Thanksgiving Means Today to the Native American Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Her menu is based on a simple concept: “the food I grew up with,” she says. She cooks what’s local ...

When the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag shared the first Thanksgiving in 1621, sweet potatoes, apple pie, and turkey were missing from the table.