Michael Monroe, thank you for your reminding detail of the horrible history of European assault of the Native Americans and appropriation of the land in what is now New England.
For anyone interested in further reading of a history book that reads like a novel:
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (2006) by Nathaniel Phi…
Michael Monroe, thank you for your reminding detail of the horrible history of European assault of the Native Americans and appropriation of the land in what is now New England.
For anyone interested in further reading of a history book that reads like a novel:
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (2006) by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Dr. Richardson has mentioned her study of the Puritans and Native American history. My interpretation is that her Letter tonight was to take pride in connecting dots of her home state's contributors to American democracy, and not to depict the history of Maine in a "warm and fuzzy" whitewashed way.
As to your comment about Lincoln's declaration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, Dr. Richardson expounded upon this in her Letter of Nov. 25, 2020, that Lincoln was not referencing the myth of the Pilgrims, but in Dr. Richardson's words, established the holiday in the context of the Civil War "to celebrate the survival of our democratic government."
Hello, Roland! I was wondering where you were. Glad to see you as well as lol the other familiar names here. You all keep me going as I consider the possibility that we’ve all been accidentally assigned to an insane asylum.
Michael Monroe, thank you for your reminding detail of the horrible history of European assault of the Native Americans and appropriation of the land in what is now New England.
For anyone interested in further reading of a history book that reads like a novel:
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (2006) by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Dr. Richardson has mentioned her study of the Puritans and Native American history. My interpretation is that her Letter tonight was to take pride in connecting dots of her home state's contributors to American democracy, and not to depict the history of Maine in a "warm and fuzzy" whitewashed way.
As to your comment about Lincoln's declaration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, Dr. Richardson expounded upon this in her Letter of Nov. 25, 2020, that Lincoln was not referencing the myth of the Pilgrims, but in Dr. Richardson's words, established the holiday in the context of the Civil War "to celebrate the survival of our democratic government."
Another, from the incomparable Sarah Vowell, is The Wordy Shipmen. One of my favorites of her books.
Sorry: The Wordy Shipmates is the correct title
"Shipmen" seems more appropriate, given Puritan restrictions on women and the fates of Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer.
I’ll never forget running across Mary Dyer‘s statue up by the state house. That story is indelibly printed in me.
Hello, Roland! I was wondering where you were. Glad to see you as well as lol the other familiar names here. You all keep me going as I consider the possibility that we’ve all been accidentally assigned to an insane asylum.