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Pilgrims

Who is telling the story?

  On this date in 1620, Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower. Virginia settlers, having already celebrated the real first Thanksgiving at Berkeley Plantation in 1619, watched the events unfold on CNN. Of course, not many people know about the Thanksgiving at Berkeley. On a side note, a couple of years ago I …

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365 Things I Believe: Great and Honorable Actions

William Bradford, Leader of the English settlers at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts was born on this day in 1590 (died May 9, 1657). 365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important things I have to …

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