Plymouth Colony
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Conover said the arboretum is home to many beautiful native plants, including an enormous white oak that was a sapling when the Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Colony.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023
The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag says Myles Standish Hall should be renamed Wituwamat Memorial Hall after a leading Native American figure massacred with other tribal members by Plymouth Colony settlers in 1623.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021
The confusion appears to date to the first settlers in Plymouth Colony, who got a heck of a surprise when millions of periodical cicadas suddenly emerged one spring in either 1631 or 1634.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021
In this plain-spoken and lovingly detailed historical novel, the story of the Mayflower Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony is refracted through the prism of female characters.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020
“That’s John Chiltington and his wife, Elinor. They came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. Can we move on to Andrew’s family? Please?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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