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Plymouth Plantation and Mayflower - A Chance to Experience Pilgrim Life

Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II shiplooked  seven  years  into  the  venture.
are illuminating exhibits on a major event in
early American history. Both are places toThe people of the village dress, talk, and
stir the imagination and entertain youract, as best we know they would've on the
knowledge cells. At the Mayflower II you'lloriginal Plymouth Plantation. But that
discover first-hand all about the voyage thedoesn't mean they are aloof or communicate in
pilgrims endured, and then barely a few milesriddles or a strange tongue. Their aim is to
away you'll experience the early andeducate and entertain but still remain true
struggling  years  of  settlement.to the era. I've always found they are
engaging  and  excellent  in  this  balance.
Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower are both
located in Plymouth, Massachusetts - a smallThe stroll out of the village along the Eel
city 40 miles south of Boston. Authentic yetRiver walk takes you to the Native people
entertaining the two attractions are links tohomesite. As mentioned earlier, the Pilgrims
our past and the 102 passengers that survivedwouldn't have survived the first year had it
the  journey across the stormy Atlantic seas.not been for help from the Native Peoples.
They taught them about the region and it's
The Mayflower voyage of 1620 took 66 daysagriculture and the resources of the land,
after leaving Plymouth, England on Septemberand  how  to  thrive.
6, and anchoring in present day Provincetown
harbor in Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. OnlyThis special area is a home for an extended
one individual did not survive the journey.family not another village. It honors the
Though the pilgrims had endured much hardshipimportance and affinity the Native People
on  the  voyage  the  worst  was yet to come.have in this region. Take time to appreciate
the skills of weaving and tanning practiced
Deciding Cape Cod was not a suitable placeat the site, and the use of fire for burning
for a settlement, and forced north because ofout boats. Go inside one of the houses and
the weather and shoals south of Cape Cod, thenotice the materials and bindings used for
pilgrims finally came ashore in late Novemberconstruction. The inhabitants here do not
in present day Plymouth center. That firstrole-play so feel free to discuss modern day
winter at Plimoth Plantation decimated thesubjects  with  them.
settlers due to cold and disease. Of the 102
that came ashore only 52 were left in theThe Mayflower II replica is docked on State
spring.Pier on Water Street. You'll think it a small
ship, and wonder how it could've survived the
The native Wampanoag men showed the survivorswild and unforgiving North Atlantic. A
how to plant corn and in October 1621 the2,760-mile trip in a ship that leaked and
Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest atcreaked  at  an  agonizing  speed  of  2 mph!
Plymouth Plantation and which today we mark
on our calendars as Thanksgiving Day.During your Mayflower tour you'll meet
Plymouth Plantation is a 1627 Pilgrimpassengers on the ship role-playing for you.
authentic village just a few miles outside ofYou'll get to see the passenger's cramped
the  city.quarters and the captain's spacious cabin.
But most of all you'll be cast back in
The plantation itself is a loop tour with twotime... and if you close your eyes and listen
primary sites, the 1627 Pilgrim Village andto the gulls overhead, maybe you'll hear the
the Hobbamock's (Wampanoag) Homesite. Theshouts of a sailor as he sights landfall and
village itself consists of modestone journey's end... and the start of
timber-framed houses, and fragrant raised-bedanother.
gardens. Everything is plain and productive,
and authentic - this means don't expectEnjoy your day at Plimoth Plantation and the
neatly maintained and tended areas andMayflower II. They're entertaining reminders
settings. This is how the first permanentof our history and a link back to a
English Settlement in New England would havemonumental place in our history.



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