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South Shore cemeteries are eternal sources of local history. Here are some famous ones
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy opened in 1855, the first person to buy a plot was Charles...
What you learned about the ‘first Thanksgiving’ isn’t true. Here’s the real story
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe traditional story of Thanksgiving, and by extension the Pilgrims — the one repeated in school...
In the 1620s, Plymouth Plantation had its own #MeToo moment
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMaids, who invariably lived with their employers, were especially vulnerable. Brownie Harris/Corbis...
Why was Plimoth Plantation changed to Plimoth Patuxet Museums?
The Enterprise via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPLYMOUTH — For 73 years, millions of students and families learned about colonial and indigenous...
Native Americans Have Had Enough of This Pilgrim History Museum
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKenWiedemannNative Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a museum that they say...
South Shore students travel back in time
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMARSHFIELD – On a bright, sunny day, third graders from Cohasset immersed themselves in 18th-century life during a visit to the Winslow House in...
8 Historical Moments More Important to Native Americans Than the 'First Thanksgiving'
Time via Yahoo News· 6 months agoClockwise from top left: A Pueblo boy with an eagle; Children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial...
My first Thanksgiving with Miss Maude and Creech
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe may all be familiar with the longstanding tradition that the first Thanksgiving on American soil occurred in 1621 at Plymouth Plantation. It is a...
Historian, local teacher talk changing education around the first Thanksgiving
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor many people, learning about Thanksgiving when they were kids may have looked like dressing up as...
Best bets: Film premieres, visiting pianists and history re-lived on Cape Cod
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTrios 4 Four concerts Manhattan-based pianists Steven Mann and Ray Wong join Cape Symphony musicians...