DECEMBER 21: MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS COME ASHORE (1620)
On this day in 1620, the Mayflower pilgrims went ashore for the first time in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
A few months later, in March of 1621, Massasoit, the chief of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with the ragged group of English colonists.
Hungry, dirty, and sick, the pale-skinned foreigners were struggling to stay alive; they were in desperate need of Native help.
Watch the full episode of American Experience’s “After the Mayflower.”
Head on over to the American Experience site for behind the scenes extras.
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