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<p>[QUOTE="1865King, post: 7824486, member: 103207"]<b>***Fate of the Mayflower. </b> A number of years ago they believe they found where some of the timbers from the Mayflower ended up after the ship was scrapped. I believe they were found in a Pub in England near the port that the ship was scrapped at. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>***Pilgrim's clothing.</b> The images that most people of Pilgrims in movies or depicting them in paintings is wrong. That image came from a painting done in the early 1800's. If you ever go to Plymouth Massachusetts the have a living museum built to look like it would a year or two after they arrived. The people working there are wearing period clothing and are reenactors and will only discuss things as they were on the that day in 1621 or 1622. So if you go their on September 1st 2021 they will be reenacting that day in 1621 or 1622. The information comes from documentation from time period. They will act as if they are living in those times and will act as if they have no knowledge of modern times. This is an interesting place to visit. They also have a reconstructed ship called the Mayflower11 that was built in the late 1950's in England and then sailed to Plymouth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="1865King, post: 7824486, member: 103207"][B]***Fate of the Mayflower. [/B] A number of years ago they believe they found where some of the timbers from the Mayflower ended up after the ship was scrapped. I believe they were found in a Pub in England near the port that the ship was scrapped at. [B]***Pilgrim's clothing.[/B] The images that most people of Pilgrims in movies or depicting them in paintings is wrong. That image came from a painting done in the early 1800's. If you ever go to Plymouth Massachusetts the have a living museum built to look like it would a year or two after they arrived. The people working there are wearing period clothing and are reenactors and will only discuss things as they were on the that day in 1621 or 1622. So if you go their on September 1st 2021 they will be reenacting that day in 1621 or 1622. The information comes from documentation from time period. They will act as if they are living in those times and will act as if they have no knowledge of modern times. This is an interesting place to visit. They also have a reconstructed ship called the Mayflower11 that was built in the late 1950's in England and then sailed to Plymouth.[/QUOTE]
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