Want to celebrate Thanksgiving as in days of yore? One place to begin is Old Sturbridge Village, which re-creates 1830s-era hearth-cooked meals and demonstrates period dining room etiquette. ‘‘They start with a fresh turkey at 9:30 [and] they’ll be cooking throughout the day,’’ said Deb Friedman, head of interpretation. Also on Thanksgiving Day, Plimoth Plantation has its Victorian Thanksgiving Dinner. On Nov. 17 the town of Plymouth throws its annual America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade, with marching bands, folks in costumes, music, floats, and a food festival. In Vermont, the Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov. 23-25) at Billings Farm & Museum includes a visit with costumed guides preparing turkey and the fixings, plus horse-drawn wagon rides. And history buffs looking to better understand the origins of the holiday can visit the Museum of New Hampshire History, where displays on the life of native Sarah Josepha Hale explain how she helped persuade Abraham Lincoln to first designate that national day of Thanksgiving in 1863.

Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, 508-347-3362; osv.org.

Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, 508-746-1622, plimoth.org.

America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade, Plymouth, 800-532-1621, americashometown.org. Nov. 17.

Bllings Farm & and Museum, Route 12 North, Woodstock, Vt., 802-457-2355, billingsfarm.org.

Museum of New Hampshire History, 6 Eagle Square, Concord, N.H., 603-228-6688, nhhistory.org.