Holidays

A Three-Day Harvest Gathering, Not “Thanksgiving” The event we now call the “First Thanksgiving” was a three-day harvest celebration in the fall of 1621 shared by the Plymouth colonists and

A Thanksgiving Tapestry: Stories That Bring Us Back, Year After Year A Season for Gratitude, Laughter, and Family Traditions Thanksgiving has a way of bringing memories back to the surface—some

A Season for Reflection Thanksgiving invites us to pause: to breathe, to gather, and to look around at what truly matters. For me, this season carries a deeper meaning as

Honoring Michigan Service Members Spending the Holiday Abroad As families across Michigan gather around their Thanksgiving tables, Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a point to ensure that those unable to be

Why Sharing Meals Matters For HappinessNew data from the World Happiness Report 2025 suggests something simple but powerful: how often we share meals with other people is closely tied to

A Holiday That Still Means Something As Thanksgiving arrives this Thursday, I’ve found myself thinking less about the menu and more about the meaning. The holiday rush has a way

A Voice From the Plymouth Colony Edward Winslow, born in 1595 in England, was one of the Pilgrim leaders who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Settling at

A Holiday With No Fixed Date For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Thanksgiving didn’t have a legally defined date. Following Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation, presidents simply declared

A Born Storyteller Tony Sarg was born in 1880 in Guatemala to a German father and English mother. Raised in Europe, he grew up fascinated by drawing, puppetry, and animation

The Early Days: Turkeys Arrive at the White House Long before the televised pardons and humorous photo ops, Thanksgiving turkeys were already part of White House history. Presidents as early