Snapshots of the iconic parade over the last eight decades.
Presidents have been pardoning turkeys every Thanksgiving for decades, but how did this tradition get started?
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, what if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?
-Rachel Carson
From the earliest fall feasts to the first Thanksgiving football game to the Macy's Day parade, here's the full background on how the U.S. holiday evolved to the tradition it is today.
Turkey likely wasn't on the table at the first Thanksgiving, but it eventually became the featured dish, thanks in part to an 1827 novel.
Without Squanto, a.k.a. Tisquantum, to interpret and guide them to food sources, the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims may have never have survived.
Snapshots of the iconic parade over the last eight decades.
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