Pilgrims

Massachusetts Indigenous Groups Call for Boycott of Living History Museum at Plymouth

Members of the Wampanoag nation say that Plimoth Patuxet Museums has failed to honor a pledge to create a truly bicultural museum depicting indigenous history respectfully. 

How America Keeps Adapting the Story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to Match the Story We Need to Tell

by Peter C. Mancall

The prevailing memory of Plymouth has shifted as Americans have used it as an allegory for their contemporary concerns. Most notably, the harsh religious orthodoxy of Plymouth was converted by the 19th century to stand for religious liberty, a concept the Pilgrims would have found odious. 

UCLA Historian Carla Pestana Debunks Myths About the Pilgrims and the Plymouth Colony

by James Thornton Harris

Alert Tom Cotton: Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower Compact, and the origins of Thanksgiving are just a few of the things Professor Carla Pestana finds in need of historical revision. 

The History and Mythology of the Mayflower Arrival in 1620

by Martyn Whittock

The true history of the Mayflower's arrival in 1620.