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Myles Standish
Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) was the military advisor to the Plymouth Colony who traveled with the colonists (later known as pilgrims) aboard the Mayflower in 1620 CE. The colonists were made up of members of a religious separatist...
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Myles Standish Exhibition 2020
Historian Bill Walker takes us on a virtual tour of sites around Chorley related to the history of Myles Standish and his heritage and legacy. Due to current restrictions, a physical Myles Standish exhibition has not been possible...
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John Alden
John Alden (l. c. 1598-1687 CE) was a member of the crew of the Mayflower, serving as the ship's cooper (barrel maker), on the historic voyage of 1620 CE which established the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, North America. Although he was...
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Hobbamock
Hobbamock (d. c. 1643, also given as Hobbamok and Hobomok) was a Native American of the Pokanoket tribe who served the sachem Massasoit (l. c. 1581-1661) of the Wampanoag Confederacy as a pniese (counselor and elite warrior). He is best known...
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Thomas Morton
Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE) was an English lawyer, poet, writer, and an early colonist of North America who established the utopian community of Merrymount, sparking conflict with his separatist neighbors at Plymouth Colony and the...
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Myles Standish Monument
Monument honoring Myles Standish (c. 1584-1656 CE), military advisor to the Plymouth Colony, completed in 1898 CE.
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Plymouth Colony
The Plymouth Colony (1620-1691) was the first English settlement in the region of modern-day New England in the United States, settled by the religious Separatists known as the “pilgrims” who crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in...
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The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW | Full Audio Book
The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW (1807 - 1882) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Leonard Wilson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Part 1 - Miles Standish 00:08:03 - 02 - Part 2 - Love and Friendship 00:16:40...
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William Bradford
William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE) was one of the leading members of the congregation of pilgrims who came to North America aboard the Mayflower, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and the second governor of the Plymouth Colony after the...
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John Carver
John Carver (l. 1584-1621 CE) was one of the leaders of the Mayflower expedition, first signer of the Mayflower Compact, and first governor of Plymouth Colony. He was a prominent member of the separatist congregation of Leiden, the Netherlands...