All posts tagged "Edward Winslow"
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3.8KMassachusettsJohn Billington Gets Lost: A Window to Plymouth Colony’s Early History
In the summer of 1621, the Plymouth colonists finally had reason for optimism — until 16-year-old John Billington wandered off and got...
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5.7KArts and LeisureThe Four Women Who Cooked the First Thanksgiving
The four women who cooked that first Thanksgiving probably didn’t feel all that thankful when their husbands invited 90 guests, all Wampanoag...
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8.6KMassachusettsMyles Standish and the Lost Colony of Massachusetts
In March 1623, leaders of the struggling Plymouth Plantation dispatched their paid military leader Myles Standish to a coastal settlement 25 miles...
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15.8K11MassachusettsMassasoit Visits Plymouth for Trade and a Peace Treaty
Around 11 am on March 22, 1621, a fine warm day, two Wampanoag Indians appeared in the village of Plymouth with a...
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