Photo: Getty Images Read on to find out what the annual parade looked like 100 years ago. The very first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place on November 27, 1924 and it originally had a ...

Historians don’t know exactly which day the "first Thanksgiving" between the Pilgrims and Native Americans fell on — and it actually happened in October, not November, according to the Farmer ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year.