Pilgrimage to Plymouth

The Plymouth settlement

One last place I just had to visit was the Plimouth  Plantation,a representation of  the first Pilgrim village.It is especially meaningful to me as I recently learned that my landed ancestor,Thomas Eames ,lived in the Plymouth Colony. His was a tragic story as all but four of his children and his wife died at the hands of marauding Native Americans. The story is that the Native Americans were actually friendly with the Puritans and even attended church with them.

There was another group of Pilgrims(not Puritan) who also were living just north of the Puritan settlement and they were roudy and disrespectful of the Native American ways,ridiculing them and desecrating their burial grounds etc.  When enough was enough King Philip's war erupted against all the settlers.King Philip was a name given to th native leader. At any rate the tragedy occurred as a result of this uprising.

One thing I noticed about New England,there is a church,sometimes two on every block.

The town of Plymouth,itself, is a beautiful destination. Perfectly poised on the shore with every bit of New England ambiance one would desire

Time for a lunch break

So much atmosphere in this bakery shop. They didn't shove all the furniture out and place tables with chairs. Instead they left the sofa and it's chairs in place with small occassional tables placed in convenient place for coffee and snacks...all antique furniture,by the way.

Just to show a sample of the beautiful mums that are used profusely in the area

Some of the homebaked goodies just sitting there beckoning

As pleasant as the coffee shop was, we opted to go down by the ocean to enjoy our repast

Here we are at the town meeting house , the upstairs affords a good panoramic view to spy any approaching predators..with the added protection of cannons

Ready for Battle?

It boggles my mind that all these antiques are just sitting around and no one guarding. I warned this lady that I have her picture ,in case something comes up missing...a girl after my own heart,she answered she needed a closer look so she would know what to buy if she sees anything similar.

these folks have done their laundry,like dutiful Puritans

my eye caught that old rug on the fence

"Under the spreading chestnut tree,the village smithy stands"

a bucolic scene if I say so myself

Sharpening a spear

Many of these lovely chests came with our early settlers

Many of the homes had one room serves all concept and a few had two rooms.

airing the bedding,needs a little more than airing!

beautiful antiques

These ladies are baking bread. One was supposed to be the wife of Gov. Bradford. They role play as if they are the actual colonist.I had a little conversation with her ,just to see if she was up on her history facts...she was.

Every back yard needs a cannon or two

And so It's goodby to Plimouth Colony with all the reminders of the great struggle our forefathers endured that we might have religious freedom. Thank you Lord.We are so blessed.