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"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors...many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit" #Thanksgiving

"In one field is a great hill on which we point to make a platform and plant our ordnance, which will command all round about. From thence we may see into the bay, and far into the sea, and we may see thence Cape Cod" Mourt's Relation A Journal of The Pilgrims at Plymouth

Herman's brother Wilbur seen here died beside him during the Battle of The Wilderness in Va. May, 1864. He was 16 years old. Grape shot went through Herman's hat, but he was not hit.

Many #Mayflower descendants served during the Civil War. That includes my great grandfather Herman White from Williamstown,Ma. Do you have #CivilWar ancestors on either side?

"So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve years; but they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits." -Bradford

"6th of December they sent out their shallop again with ten of their principal men and some seamen, upon further discovery, intending to circulate that deep bay of Cape Cod. The weather was very cold and it froze so hard as the spray of the sea lighting on their coats" -Bradford

.."and the whole country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and savage hue. If they looked behind them, there was the mighty ocean which they had passed and was now as a main bar and gulf to separate them from all the civil parts of the world." William Bradford

397 yrs ago this month the #Pilgrims surveyed #CapeCod Bay for the best place to setttle."This harbor is a bay greater than Cape Cod, compassed with a goodly land, and in the bay, two fine islands...What people inhabit here we yet know not, for as yet we have seen none."

"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors...many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit"-Edward Winslow

397 years ago this week #Peregrine White was born onboard #Mayflower. "It pleased God that Mistress White was brought a-bed of a son, which was called Peregrine."-Mourt's Relation. Cradle at #Pilgrim Hall Museum Plymouth. Happy Birthday 8th Great Grandfather! Happy #Thanksgiving

The book is an inside look at the challenges faced in the decades after the #Mayflower landing. @rfraserauthor

Author Rebecca Fraser discusses the Winslow Family and her new book The Mayflower The Families, the Voyage and the Founding of America at Daniel Webster Estate in Marshfield. Great presentation!

Working on major TV documentary about the surprise discovery of my #Mayflower roots. Shooting will take place in US and UK. #MayflowerFamily

Planning to air #MayflowerFamily in conjunction with #Mayflower400th anniversary. 4 centuries later the #Pilgrim story remains incredible.

It's a tale of history, family tree detective work, and the eerie role that fate plays in the discovery. A reminder that we all have a story

Working on major TV documentary about the surprise discovery of my #Mayflower roots. Shooting will take place in US and UK. #MayflowerFamily

#MylesStandish Monument. #Duxbury,Ma. Completed in 1898. Took 26 yrs to build. Granite. 116 feet high

#PeregrineWhite homestead. #Marshfield Ma. Now a private residence. A short horseback ride from his Mother's home. Lived here for many yrs.

"This bay is a most hopeful place, innumerable store of fowl, and excellent good" Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the #Pilgrims.