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It all came to a head in the spring of 1775 on the green at Lexington and bridge in Concord. Massachusetts militia and British troops fired the opening salvos in what would become the American Revolution, altering the course of history by forever changing the socio-politico-economic landscape of North America – and the world.
Plymouth’s native sons answered the call to arms to defend home and hearth from what they viewed as an oppressive regime, denying them the rights of liberty and self-determination. Four of those young men served with distinction through some of the fiercest battles: Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga and Monmouth. One even survived the bitter cold of Valley Forge.
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On a cold day in February 400 years ago, the men of Plymouth assembled with their arms to prepare for the defense of the colony. Known now as Establishment Day, this important anniversary commemorates the forming of the first militia in New England.
On Saturday, the New Plimmoth Gard brandished its weapons in front of Pilgrim Hall Museum to mark this important moment in history – much the same way it happened four centuries ago. Except for the car alarms, speeding traffic and gawking pedestrians staring at grown men dressed in 17th-century armor, firing muskets and presenting 10-foot pikes.
“The pikes were the weapons that armies of the day used on the plains of Europe,” said Stan Wolman, who portrayed Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins in the recreation of the original military unit. “They were fairly useless in the pine forests of Plymouth.”
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By Richard Milner/Jan. 1, 2021 10:43 am EDT
Even if you re hazy on the details, most people who made it through elementary school in the US can relate an overview of the now-mythologized Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock tale that constitutes part of the nation s early narrative. We ve got those Pilgrim guys in black, with buckles on their shoes, who were completely unfun at parties and are often confused with Puritans (we ll get back to that). We ve got their ship, the
, which landed on what is maybe an actual stone called Plymouth Rock. We ve got lots of people dying the first winter, and Native Americans teaching them what to do to survive in a harsh, new world, their generosity repaid by stealing their land bit by bit (another story). But before that, we ve got Thanksgiving, where everyone sat around a big picnic table and someone shot a turkey with a musket while posing next to a cornucopia full of squash and o
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Volunteers have put in many hundreds of hours creating the extensive embroidery project depicting Plymouth in its early days prior to and after colonization.Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall
It’s the oldest continuously operating museum in the country and steward of a nationally significant collection of early American artifacts, artwork and archives.
Since 1824, Pilgrim Hall Museum has championed the passengers of the Mayflower with displays and exhibits that preserve the story of how a band of English Separatists helped found a nation.
From William Brewster’s chair to Peregrine White’s cradle, from Myles Standish’s razor to Peter Brown’s beer tankard, the museum offers an unrivaled collection of Pilgrims belongings some of which crossed the ocean in 1620.