The first Congress began in 1789, and truth be told, it wasn’t really the first. The Confederation Congress met from 1781 ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

Whereas, After the first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims broke bread, gave thanks, and celebrated in Plymouth, observing the ...

Most of us are probably familiar with the story of the Pilgrims who sat down for a meal with the Wampanoag tribe; however, ...

"Let’s remember all of the Nebraskans who will spend the holiday alone, with no friends or family to celebrate with.

This is my last Thanksgiving holiday message as a state senator, so I want this one to be special. In my reading I found the very first Thanksgiving message from the continental congress to the Army ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

In an Oct. 17, 1776, letter to Robert Morris, a member of the Second Continental Congress’s Marine Committee, Jones listed 16 ships he had captured or destroyed and bemoaned the “paltry ...