story of the pilgrim s crossing in 1620 and the origins of the mayflower compact. will also tour mayflower too a reproduction of the original ship to see what life was like on board. i am richard pickering deputy executive director of plymouth patuxent museums, and we are at state pier in plymouth, massachusetts. mayflower 2 is behind me a full-scale reproduction of the ship that brought the pilgrims to new england in 1620 a writer by the name of albert. matthews gives them the name of pilgrim fathers which still in the united kingdom today. they re called the pilgrim fathers. we as americans tend to call them pilgrims. and the reason the word is cited. is that william bradford in his chronicle and also in his poetry. refers to them as pilgrims not uppercase big p famous pilgrims, but as pilgrims people who went on a journey for religious reasons went on a journey for personal discovery. and so that use of the word pilgrim gives them a group identity, but we all need to remem
comes from these companies who support c-span3 as a public service. next we ll tour the mayflower ii to see what life was like on board. i am richard pickering, deputy executive director of plymouth tucker museums and we are at state pier in plymouth, massachusetts. mayflower ii is behind us. a writer by the name of robert matthews gives them the name of pilgrim fathers which still, in the united kingdom today are called pilgrim fathers. we in america tend to call them pilgrims. the reason they are cited is they are referred to as pilgrims in poetry. people who went on a journey for religious reasons went on a journey for personal sdoefr. and so that use of the word pilgrim gives them a pilgrim identity. but we all need to remember that they themselves did not have a group identity. they were a very heterogenuous group that had to learn how to live together. aboard mayflower and the first few ships that would follow, there was upwards of 17 different dialect regions repre
mayflower two is behind me. a full scale reproduction of the ship that brought the pilgrims the new england in 1620. a wrater by the name of albert matthews gives them the name of pilgrim fathers. still in the united kingdom call them the pilgrim fathers. we as americans tend to call them pilgrim. the reason the word is cited is that william bradford in his chronicle and also in his poetry refers to them as pilgrims. not upper case big p tame ow pilgrims but as pilgrims, people who went on a journey for religious reasons, went on a juny for personal discovery. so that use of the word pilgrim gives them a group identity. but we all need to remember, they themselves did not have a group identity. they were a very heterogenous group that had to learn to live together. when you think about how did people sound in colonial new england, aboard mayflower and the first few ships that would follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect regions represented in plymouth. and they
religious reasons, went on a journey for personal discovery. so that use of the word pilgrims gives them a group identity, but we all need to remember they themselves did not have a group identity. they were a very heterogeneous group that had to learn to live together. when you think about how did people sound in colonial new england, aboard mayflower and the first few ships that would follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect regions represented in plymouth that plymouth and they lived in an age prior to recording. very rarely, unless you were in a big city, did you hear anybody speak english in a way other than your own dialect or accent. imagine what it is like to be aboard a ship with people, you are trying to figure out, what is she saying to me? accustomed to are watching television to get our news, to have a newscaster s accent. we are accustomed to hearing people speak differently than ourselves. wasn t always the case back in the 1600 s. there are vocabul