Hear from thell Plimoth Patuxet deputy executive director Richard Pickering told and about the origins of the mayflower compact. I Plimoth Patuxet deputy am executive director Richard Pickering. Themter by the name gives the name pilgrim fathers. They are still called this today. We as americans tend to call them pilgrims. The reason that this is cited is because William Bradford refers to them as pilgrims. Pilgrims,p but lowercase. We need to remember that they did not have a group identity. They were a heterogeneous group that had to learn to live together. When you think about how do people sound in colonial england. The first few ships that will follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect regions represented in plaintiff they lived in an age prior to recording. Very rarely did you hear anybody speak english other than your own dialect or accent. Begine what it is like to aboard a ship we are trying to figure out what is she saying to be echo we are accustomed to watching tel
In 1620, the mayflower traveled from plymouth england to america. And the pilgrims settled the Plymouth Colony on the coast of massachusetts. We talked to robert stone about the virtual mayflower project, which uses Virtual Reality to recreate the ship and harbor from which they set sail using , avatars and 360degree images of the Virtual World, professor stone described what life might have been like for the pilgrims and crew. Some historic features we will port,e the 17thcentury plymouth castle, at a ship that was set to sail with the mayflower to america but was deemed on seaworthy and returned to port. Prof. Stone virtual 1620 has been a labor of love, to use Virtual Reality to bring up part of england, the west of the country, black to life. So people who live there can experience what is like for the pilgrims in their traumatic journey across the atlantic in 1620. What was the last thing they saw before they got on this leaky, creaky ship . And made their way out into the treache
Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
Today. Are still here today is going to do wampanoag is a culture of people. Different,wampanoag it could be language. It could be diet. It could be the housing we lived in. How we think about life in general. Human life, plant life, animal life. We do not put ourselves above. I do a lot of teaching, right . Race do wee, what come from . The human race. We should all respect each other. We have been here for 12,000 years. Wife,s me and my lovely who teaches language. I am going to bring you to a major1613, before any interruption in our culture. I will bring you to our new years. A lot of peoples new years starts january 1. Our new year starts when everything comes to life. When does everything come to life . Springtime. That is when the birds start chirping. Is new again. Earth, thether creator. We do a lot of dancing. We do a lot of feasting. We do a lot of socializing. Once that happens, we know we have to get to work. These are the houses we live in during the summertime. We live i
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