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Every American schoolchild learns how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in what's now Massachusetts, but the full story is far more complex.
native americans

Before Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, There Was Patuxet

Slavery, plague, and territorial conflict likely made the Europeans' arrival on Wampanoag land possible.
Virginia Williams February 22, 2021
It's a pie. It's a pudding. It's a forgotten holiday classic.
food

Bake Luxurious 19th-Century Marlborough Pie

This apple custard pie is a forgotten New England classic.
Rohini Chaki November 18, 2020
Hartford, Connecticut

Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Gastro Obscura

French-Fried Turkey Breast

In South Range, a decadent take on Thanksgiving dinner is served year-round.
Gastro Obscura

Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.
First Lady Grace Coolidge in 1926 with what was meant to be dinner.
food

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.
Luke Fater November 26, 2019
In the late 1800s, oil stoves started to make cooking slightly easier.
food

When Cow Tongue Was an Essential Thanksgiving Ingredient

It made American pies rich and indulgent.
Leigh Chavez-Bush November 27, 2018
Thanksgiving pies, 1940.
politics

For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression

In the 19th century, pumpkin pie ignited a culture war.
Ariel Knoebel November 22, 2018
A traditional Norfolk Island coconut pie.
islands

Why One Australian Island Celebrates Thanksgiving

There's pumpkin pie, but also multiple banana dishes.
Anne Ewbank November 21, 2018
The Barra Airport is one of the only airports in the world where planes use the beach as a runway.
architecture

9 Airports More Interesting Than the One You're Stuck In

These unusual runways put the wonder back in flying.
Kerry Wolfe November 21, 2018
Garlic smashed potatoes with superworms.
insects

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?
Ella Morton November 20, 2018
maps

England, But New: How John Smith's 1616 Map Helped Define America

The name "New England" was like a colonial real estate ad.
Sarah Laskow November 20, 2018
The birds are rarely well behaved.
Herndon, Virginia

Kidwell Farm

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.
Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag, smokes a pipe with Plymouth Colony governor John Carver.
holidays

The Struggle to Revive the Lost Native Language of Thanksgiving

Sometimes it is not easy to fulfill a prophecy.
Natasha Frost November 22, 2017
There are Puritans and then there are Puritans, like actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, before almost all turkeys were white.
food

Why America's Thanksgiving Turkey Is So Boring

The bland appeal of the Broad Breasted White.
Natasha Frost November 22, 2017
Roosevelt dismantles a turkey while Eleanor watches.
politics

For Years, Republican and Democratic States Held Separate Thanksgivings

Before Friendsgiving, there was Franksgiving.
Anne Ewbank November 22, 2017
A classy-looking sweet potato casserole.
food

The Savvy Marketing That Put Marshmallows on Your Sweet Potato Casserole

"I’ll have it with my Roast … and again for dessert."
Natasha Frost November 20, 2017
Sarah Josepha Hale, circa 1831.
holidays

Read the Original Pitch for Thanksgiving, From the Editress Who Created the Holiday

Sarah Josepha Hale imagined a day of Christian celebration.
Sarah Laskow November 23, 2016