Built in the 1920s, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has framed historic marches and serves as a symbolic link across the ...

Millions of Americans gather on the fourth Thursday in November to celebrate Thanksgiving, but this hasn't always been the ...

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on Oct. 3, 1863. He summoned us to make it our finest ...

President Trump said Wednesday he and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will “fix” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in ...

Two stories anchor our oldest holiday. Both took place in times of division and deprivation. And both offer a hopeful note ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in the same way we do today. During the American Revolution, colonial ...

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

While many know the story of Thanksgiving, there are details often left out. For one, only 52 of the 130 pilgrims who set ...