Prior to 1621, they had thanksgiving services to celebrate safe journeys, the arrival of supply ships and rain ending a drought. Portrait of Sarah Josepha Hale circa 1830 Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...

THANKSGIVING EVE 2006: President Bush and "Flyer" the turkey, The original 1621 Thanksgiving menu, 3 million tons of sweet corn...“Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to ...

When the Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving in 1621, their feast did not have turkey. Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow recorded that they ate some type of wild foul and deer brought by the ...

But fowl and venison were on the menu, along with fish and vegetables from the autumn harvest. The only first-hand account of the feast is in a December 1621 letter written by colonist Edward Winslow.

Pilgrims' 1621 feast set the tone, and the table, for our Thanksgiving Day turkey tradition Fowl and venison were on the menu, along with fish and vegetables from the autumn harvest ...

This southern Thanksgiving staple wasn’t served when the Puritans and the Wampanoag sat down for dinner in 1621. In addition to the lack of ingredients for making pasta, macaroni and cheese wasn ...

It’s not necessarily because the Pilgrims did it. Turkey may not have been on the menu at the 1621 celebration by the Pilgrims of Plymouth that is considered the first Thanksgiving. There were ...

It wasn't a meal between Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621 that kicked off the tradition of Thanksgiving. (Image courtesy of Getty Images) You may have some misconceptions about "the first ...

As you sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year, you may wonder where the holiday feast comes from. Though dishes like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie are known as classic ...

This southern Thanksgiving staple wasn’t served when the Puritans and the Wampanoag sat down for dinner in 1621. In addition to the lack of ingredients for making pasta, macaroni and cheese wasn ...