Posted by Jean-Yves on Mar 19, 2019
When the Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Massachusetts shore in 1620, the impact of their journey would extend far beyond the history of the New World. But Amanda Lumley doesn’t think people know the true story.
And now, with the 400th anniversary coming up next year, Lumley says telling the breadth of all of it — from the Pilgrims’ time across the pond to their first interactions with the Wampanoag tribe — will be a core focus of a series of commemorative events.
“We want people to understand it was not as straightforward as a lot of people wanted to leave and they got on a ship,” said Lumley, chief executive of Destination Plymouth, in Plymouth, England.
4/19/19
I descend from the the navigator, John Clarke. The Mayflower Society has a write up on how he saved many pilgrims’ lives. When I called and asked if I could join, they stated “no crew allowed”
3/29/19
Massachusetts is the true Mother State!!!
3/29/19
Is it possible to know the names of the people who travelled on the Mayflower?
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I wish that a replica of the Mayflower would set sail with some of the descendants of the original Mayflower settlers to recreate the crossing. I’d love to be on that ship as a descendant of Roger Warren and possibly others.