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Pilgrims and Puritans Across Two Centuries
The piece reflects on Forefathers Day and Thanksgiving, noting the Plymouth Rock observance, Massasoit and Massachusets leaders, and Webster’s Plymouth oration. It contrasts Pilgrims with Puritans, church state views, and the Mayflower legacy across American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Vie
Plymouth
Sons of the Pilgrims
Pacific
Senator Lodge
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Carver
Governor Stephens
California
Sacramento
Webster
Cal
John Dickinson Sherman
Plymouth Rock
New Amsterdam
Society of the
Colonial Dames of America
Massasoit
Order of
Red Men
Pilgrims
Tle
Wampanoags
Cape Cod
Narragansett Bay
Edward Winslow
New England
King Philip
Philip
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alexander Scammell
Boston
Thomas Paine
Aitlantic
Daniel Webster
Coolidge
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem
Watertown
William Bradford
Fneland