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Our Forefather's Day Free Greeting Card ... On December 21st, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the "Mayflower" went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. I'll bet they were glad to set foot on solid ground again!
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Forefathers' Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forefathers' Day is a holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is celebrated on December 21, the day the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the event the holiday commemorates. The background ...
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Of the earliest remembrances of the Pilgrims in the latter part of the 18th century-- in the years directly preceding the Revolution--the establishment of the "Old Colony Club" and with it, the celebration of "Forefathers' Day," provide a clear example of how, from the beginnings of an official nation,
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In Our Forefathers' Day ; From " A speech before the New ENgland Society of New York; December, 1886 " by T. Dewitt Talmage ... Hail! to both celebrations, for one day, anyhow, could not do justice to such a subject; and I only wish I could have kissed the blarney stone of America, which is Plymouth Rock, so that I...
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History on the Net Newsletter ... Download Our Latest Catalogue ... December 21st is known as Forefather's Day in America.
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Scanned from Cooking and Traveling the Cape Cod Way (1953) Forefather's Day isn't celebrated until tomorrow, but I'm posting this in anticipation of t ... Forefather's Day isn't celebrated until tomorrow, but I'm posting this in anticipation of the East Coast's wintry mix blowing up the collective skirt of many folks' salt...
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The club decided to memorialize the landing with an annual celebration of Forefathers Day, honoring the landing of the "first-comers." The celebration was held December 22, 1769 and was first referred to as "Old Colony Day." With the newly adopted Gregorian calendar the Club added 11 days to the landing instead of...
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