In Plymouth, Thanksgiving is observed in two different ways; Pilgrim's Progress, which celebrates the survival of the ...

Letter writers debate the origins of Thanksgiving, praise help for caregivers, discuss the basis of gun control and lament ...

Thanksgiving Day isn’t just about parades, crowded airports, football games and a turkey dinner. The U.S. holiday also has ...

Were there any dogs or cats on the Mayflower? Presumably so. When the Mayflower reached Massachusetts in 1620, there were 102 ...

An early example of Pilgrim respect for the humanity of Native Americans came from the pen of Edward Winslow. Winslow was one ...

Claims of great antiquity are as common as £7 pints in London pubs (and only slightly more welcome). Every pub, it can ...

This Thanksgiving, as we gather around our tables, let us give thanks for the men and women who dared to dream, who risked ...

The American Puritans of the 1630s and beyond were more ardent, and nervous about salvation, than the Pilgrims of the 1620s.

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...

It is worth remembering the original story of the Pilgrims’ embarkation on the Mayflower as recorded in Gov. William Bradford ...

Life in the “New Word” is markedly different since the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock more than 400 years ago. Since then, ...