Tag: Pilgrims
How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national...
The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story...
Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the...
The complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light...
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ voyage to Plymouth will...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
When do moviegoers become pilgrims?
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College
Among the millions of travelers heading out for the summer holidays, some are choosing an unlikely destination: a rusted bus...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
