CHARLES CITY — When the Pilgrims left England aboard the Mayflower on Sept. 6, 1620, they were already late for the first official Thanksgiving observed by the English in the New World. On Dec. 4, ...

Have you ever been to the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City? I went to the annual event for the first time. It takes place on the first Sunday in November. The step ...

This week, two new TV programs will present the story of an early-American Thanksgiving, but both National Geographic Channel’s four-hour “Saints & Strangers” (9 p.m. today and Monday) and PBS’s ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — Berkeley County is acquiring more than 636 acres on the historic Blessing Plantation to preserve what remains of a former rice plantation that carried West African ...

Berkley Plantation, arguably the most historic plantation on the James River, lays claim to a certain and subtle upset in American history marking the spot of the first real Thanksgiving. A full year ...

Imagine a Thanksgiving Day without Pilgrims. No turkey, no cranberries, no happy celebrations with family and friends crammed around the extended dining-room table. Picture this instead: a solemn day ...