Happy 400th Mayflower day ...

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  • dogtag
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 14985
    #1

    Happy 400th Mayflower day ...

    Celebrations scheduled to observe the day the Pilgrims landed
    were cancelled due to the virus and no doubt those who would
    gladly revise history saying that the real reason the Pilgrims came
    here was not to establish colonies but to slaughter the natives.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-ceremony.html

    Neat pic of ship under sail.
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    • clintonhater
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2015
      • 5220
      #2
      Cancelling the observance probably averted another BLM riot.

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        • dogtag
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 14985
          #3
          It's a wonder they didn't riot Because they were cancelled.

          Come to think of it, I doubt those morons would know it was a Ship.
          Probably thought a Springtime flower wasn't worth rioting over.
          Last edited by dogtag; 11-21-2020, 04:53.

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            • togor
              Banned
              • Nov 2009
              • 17610
              #4
              Anyone remember the PBS mini-series "1900 House"? A family of modern Brits had to live exactly as it was back in the day, barring emergency. Local grocers even instructed to only sell them period items.

              So post-Covid (when such things become easier), how about a real reenactment of the Mayflower voyage? Real replica ship sailing from Southampton (everything seemed to leave from Southampton back then it seems), all the way across the Atlantic, with period food, clothes, equipment, rules, customs, etc. That would be something to watch on TV.

              I bet people quarreled a lot back then. So many reasons to.

              Correction: Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, not Southampton.
              Last edited by togor; 11-21-2020, 05:26.

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                • Tuna
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 2686
                  #5
                  If you have ever been on one of the replica Mayflowers you will be surprised how little room there is on board. If your over 5'4" you will have to duck down just to walk below decks or your head will know it. Very cramped quarters with little to no privacy. Not very good sanitary conditions and poor food. All made for a great voyage.

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                    • dogtag
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 14985
                      #6
                      The replica Mayflower was built in England,
                      How do you think it got here ?
                      And - The voyage was replicated.

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                        • clintonhater
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2015
                          • 5220
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Tuna
                          Very cramped quarters with little to no privacy. Not very good sanitary conditions and poor food. All made for a great voyage.
                          Tens of thousands did it. The crybabies & bedwetters got weeded out--unlike now, when every provision is made to encourage their proliferation.

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                            • Roadkingtrax
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 7835
                              #8
                              Will half die on the way to dinner, like the real one?
                              "The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman

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                                • lyman
                                  Administrator - OFC
                                  • Aug 2009
                                  • 11266
                                  #9
                                  lot of Fail in that article,


                                  my direct fraternal ancestor stepped off the boat in Jamestown 10 yrs prior

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