In 250 years since the Revolutionary War started, the sacrifices of Indigenous soldiers have often been overlooked. Tribes in ...

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

There were wild turkeys in North America in the 1620s, so there could have been turkeys at the first harvest festival, but ...

Paul Kelly's family farm in England has been selling $500 heirloom turkeys for two generations. Now, after a decade breeding ...

It wasn't just cakes. According to the New England Historical Society, Hemenway was said to have roasted a pig on the ...

The more than 40 memorial monuments at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery start greeting visitors as soon as they ...

My recent visit to the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery got me thinking about two Marines – my father, and Holly ...

Today, Thanksgiving celebrates personal and communal gratitude. Families and friends gather to share a meal, express their ...

Everyone has fond memories of Thanksgiving dinners, but the dishes on the table have changed a lot over the years, and ...

The state bird, a chicken known as the Rhode Island Red, is especially dear to the village of Adamsville in Little Compton ...

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