Pilgrim Liberty

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 7 p.m.

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Guest:\\xa0John G. Turner,\\xa0Author of "They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty," and Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University in Virginia.
We\\u2019ve all heard the story of the Mayflower, with its tall-hat, buckled-shoes, dour-faced pilgrims who established religious freedom in America. \\xa0According to historian John Tuner, though, the story is much more complex\\u2014and interesting\\u2014than that.\\xa0
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Wampanoag Thanksgiving
Guest: David J. Silverman, Professor of History at George Washington University, and the author of "This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving"
The Wampanoag tribe had a long history of dealing with Europeans before the Pilgrims, and the feast of Thanksgiving, we\'ve come to know, is largely a myth. Making repairs to our misunderstandings of history can strengthen our collective American house.'