When you think of Thanksgiving Day, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For many of us, it's the feast and the gathering of family and friends. It's a tradition that we have come to love and ...

Amid the upcoming holiday sales, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, football games and gorging at a huge feast, some might say: Wait a minute! Isn’t Thanksgiving supposed to be about giving thanks? Where ...

As Thanksgiving approaches, we enter a season that naturally inspires reflection. This is the time of year when many of us pause long enough to take stock of the people, opportunities and blessings ...

Erie residents express gratitude for family and community ahead of Thanksgiving. The Sight Center of Northwest Pennsylvania mourns the passing of former leader Tyco Swick. Turkey is great, but ...

Junior enlisted soldiers stationed at U.S. Army Garrison-Italy, their families, Italian allies and guests celebrate Thanksgiving at Caserma Ederle, Italy, Nov. 26, 2025. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew C.

Thanksgiving was created to teach a nation that gratitude in both the easy and hard times shapes the next generation, and that is exactly the lesson we must pass on around our tables. The holiday wasn ...

President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very existence of the United States. He wanted to unify the nation by ...