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400 years

The Pilgrims Going to Church, George H. Boughton, 1867
courtesy newberry.org

This Thursday was Thanksgiving, a religious and secular holiday Americans observe every year. What made this year’s Thanksgiving even more significant, although the fact was overlooked by the media, was that it marked 400 years since the Pilgrims set foot on this continent, November 11th, 1620.

Unlike the media, I am proud of those 400 years.


The Post Office hasn’t forgotten; they have a commemorative Forever stamp showing the 1620 date.

Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, 1620
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