Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘The First Thanksgiving, 1621,’ by Jean L. G. Ferris. Library of Congress Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food ...

Twenty-five miles from Amsterdam, the city of Leiden—known today for its canals and windmills, its popular farmers’ market and prestigious university—was in the early 17th century a bustling, economic ...

Plymouth sailed into the sunset in 2001, but the discontinued automotive brand remains firmly etched in American history. Launched by Chrysler in 1928 as a budget offering to compete with Ford and ...

Was one of the Plymouth Colony settlers a black man? The search for a black Pilgrim began decades ago. Then, in 1981, historians announced with great fanfare that they had finally found enough ...

Plymouth, Mass., had planned for a big party this year to mark its 400th anniversary. The replica Mayflower II, a gift to the U.S. from Britain in 1957 and now grandly restored for more than $11 ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...