Revolutionary Ideas Started Here
Revolutionary Ideas
Started Here
The conversations that took place here, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, carved a path to 1776 with the founding idea of a civil body politic. You can’t understand what happened 250 years ago without understanding what happened here first.
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The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11, 1620.
This historic moment was the birthplace of self-government in the British Atlantic World and played a critical role in the United States' constitutional tradition. The Mayflower Compact was the beginning of a groundbreaking seventy-year experiment in civil government and the search for individual spiritual liberties that forged a road to America's Revolution a century later.
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And this story is not just about the Pilgrims.
The Wampanoag and other Indigenous people have lived on this land from time immemorial. When remembering the events of 1620 and 1776, it is important to acknowledge that they were here before. They were here then. They are here now, and they will continue here after.
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In commemoration of Massachusetts 250, Plimoth Patuxet invites you to
join us in exploring these stories in pursuit of a more perfect union
for all.
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