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
In November of 1621, when the Plymouth Colony sat down to feast with the Wampanoag, I’d bet the colonists felt grateful just to be alive.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
That’s one of the possibilities explored in this quiet, affecting historical novel about daily life in Plymouth Colony, told through the prism of the women there.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
Remembrance Park originally was conceived to mark 2020′s 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim’s 1620 arrival, the founding of Plymouth Colony and the settlers’ historic interactions with the indigenous Wampanoag people.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021
“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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