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Images of the Mayflower and Plimoth Plantation

"The Wind Freshens" an original painting by Dr. Mike Haywood of Cornwall, England
As Dr. Haywood's note to me described: "At this time, 383 years ago, the Mayflower's fortunes were changing once again. After leaving Plymouth, England, the first days of the voyage had passed with good winds and gently rolling seas. But now the black clouds to the North began to lumber heavily across the sky and the weather deteriorated rapidly. William Bradford described the event as follows: 'After they had enjoyed fair winds and weather for a season, they were encountered many times with cross winds.......' "
To see more of Dr. Haygood's beautifully detailed and historically accurate paintings, go to his website at
www.mikehaywoodart.co.uk

Mayflower II,
Full-size reproduction exhibited at Plimoth Plantation
Plymouth, Massachusetts

The following images are from the Plimoth Plantation. Interpreters portraying settlers of 1627 Plymouth Colony go about the daily chores of the season. Dressed in reproduction period clothing and speaking the dialect of their character's home region, interpreters take on the roles of actual inhabitants of the colony.

Training day

Wampanoags gather in a wetu,
Hobbamock's homesite is one of the exhibits.

For a visit to the Plimoth Plantation on-line, click below:

Plymouth's Burial Hill
The site of a Pilgrim fort; later Gov. Bradford
and other Pilgrims were buried here.

Music: Nancy Lee

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