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South Shore cemeteries are eternal sources of local history. Here are some famous ones
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy opened in 1855, the first person to buy a plot was Charles...
In the 1620s, Plymouth Plantation had its own #MeToo moment
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaids, who invariably lived with their employers, were especially vulnerable. Brownie Harris/Corbis...
South Shore students travel back in time
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 11 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· 1 year 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...
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...
A nation blessed: What Thanksgiving means to us
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the autumn of 1621, the pilgrims of the nascent Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, along with scores of Native Americans, gathered to celebrate a successful harvest with a feast that was to ...
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...
The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it's time to cancel the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSchoolchildren acting in a "First Thanksgiving" skit in 1963.Denver Post/Contributor/Getty Images...
Many Paths: Thanksgiving Day is a time to reflect on God's goodness to us
The Register-Mail via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThanksgiving Day, An Individual and Collective Time to Reflect Upon God’s Goodness to Us” To many Americans, Thanksgiving is just "Turkey Day" or time to celebrate Black Friday and the Christmas ...
