From the Mayflower to the Midwest: The Illinois connection to Thanksgiving’s history
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?
Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?
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How a Girl Named Remember, Age 5, and Her Fellow Pilgrims Endured the Crossing of the North Atlantic To Reach America
As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...
The origins of the US: How the Puritan Pilgrim Fathers 'made their place in history'
What role did religion play in the genesis of the US? Rejected in their homeland, how did English Puritans become the ...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
The Pilgrims were Separatists, believing that the church should be separate from the English crown. Their view was a more ...
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10 facts you might not know about the Mayflower and Thanksgiving
The Native American tribe living in the area where the Mayflower made ... often overlooked in history books. Relations begin to sour as more colonists arrive As more pilgrims arrived on Wampanoag ...
Pilgrim father celebrated in Droitwich Spa
A town in Worcestershire has held a special day to celebrate a local man who made history as one of the pilgrim fathers.
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The Rich Heritage of Giving Thanks for American Liberty
Thanksgiving is one of the most cherished holidays in America, as it is firmly rooted in family, community, and above all, ...