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| The Story of the Pilgrims |
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| The Story of the Pilgrims |
THE PILGRIM |
The story of the Pilgrims and their Indian neighbors is familiar to most Americans, and many foreign visitors as well. It evokes powerful images of strength in the face of adversity, of ships on storm-tossed oceans and winters on bleak New England shores, yet also of harvest plenty, of Thanksgiving gatherings and golden autumnal afternoons. However, the historic reality which underlies this greeting card imagery is far more complex. The colonists who arrived in 1620 brought not only European tools and technology, but also hopes, dreams and a Christian faith reflecting a decidedly seventeenth-century English view of the world. The native people, the Wampanoag, had their own complex society which did not comfortably coexist with that of their new English neighbors. Plimoth Plantation, through its innovative living history programs, brings the fascinating story of these two very different societies to life.
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