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Plymouth Plantation and Mayflower - A Chance to Experience Pilgrim Life

Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower IIEngland would have looked seven years
ship are illuminating exhibits on ainto the venture.
major event in early American history.The people of the village dress, talk,
Both are places to stir the imaginationand act, as best we know they would've
and entertain your knowledge cells. Aton the original Plymouth Plantation. But
the Mayflower II you'll discoverthat doesn't mean they are aloof or
first-hand all about the voyage thecommunicate in riddles or a strange
pilgrims endured, and then barely a fewtongue. Their aim is to educate and
miles away you'll experience the earlyentertain but still remain true to the
and struggling years of settlement.era. I've always found they are engaging
Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower areand excellent in this balance.
both located in Plymouth, MassachusettsThe stroll out of the village along the
- a small city 40 miles south of Boston.Eel River walk takes you to the Native
Authentic yet entertaining the twopeople homesite. As mentioned earlier,
attractions are links to our past andthe Pilgrims wouldn't have survived the
the 102 passengers that survived thefirst year had it not been for help from
journey across the stormy Atlantic seas.the Native Peoples. They taught them
The Mayflower voyage of 1620 took 66about the region and it's agriculture
days after leaving Plymouth, England onand the resources of the land, and how
September 6, and anchoring in presentto thrive.
day Provincetown harbor in Cape Cod onThis special area is a home for an
November 11, 1620. Only one individualextended family not another village. It
did not survive the journey. Though thehonors the importance and affinity the
pilgrims had endured much hardship onNative People have in this region. Take
the voyage the worst was yet to come.time to appreciate the skills of weaving
Deciding Cape Cod was not a suitableand tanning practiced at the site, and
place for a settlement, and forced norththe use of fire for burning out boats.
because of the weather and shoals southGo inside one of the houses and notice
of Cape Cod, the pilgrims finally camethe materials and bindings used for
ashore in late November in present dayconstruction. The inhabitants here do
Plymouth center. That first winter atnot role-play so feel free to discuss
Plimoth Plantation decimated themodern day subjects with them.
settlers due to cold and disease. Of theThe Mayflower II replica is docked on
102 that came ashore only 52 were leftState Pier on Water Street. You'll think
in the spring.it a small ship, and wonder how it
The native Wampanoag men showed thecould've survived the wild and
survivors how to plant corn and inunforgiving North Atlantic. A 2,760-mile
October 1621 the Pilgrims celebratedtrip in a ship that leaked and creaked
their first harvest at Plymouthat an agonizing speed of 2 mph!
Plantation and which today we mark onDuring your Mayflower tour you'll meet
our calendars as Thanksgiving Day.passengers on the ship role-playing for
Plymouth Plantation is a 1627 Pilgrimyou. You'll get to see the passenger's
authentic village just a few milescramped quarters and the captain's
outside of the city.spacious cabin. But most of all you'll
The plantation itself is a loop tourbe cast back in time... and if you close
with two primary sites, the 1627 Pilgrimyour eyes and listen to the gulls
Village and the Hobbamock's (Wampanoag)overhead, maybe you'll hear the shouts
Homesite. The village itself consists ofof a sailor as he sights landfall and
modest timber-framed houses, andone journey's end... and the start of
fragrant raised-bed gardens. Everythinganother.
is plain and productive, and authentic -Enjoy your day at Plimoth Plantation and
this means don't expect neatlythe Mayflower II. They're entertaining
maintained and tended areas andreminders of our history and a link back
settings. This is how the firstto a monumental place in our history.
permanent English Settlement in New



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