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Archive: November 2019 (1 Post)

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The Mayflower: Tales of Jumping Ship

Posted by: Valerie Haeder

  For a seemingly interminable 65 days the Mayflower was the floating home of pilgrims, officers and crew as they made their famous journey to America.  For some it was a graveyard, and for others, a symbol of life renewed. Those who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 are commonly known as pilgrims, but the sailors who …