For such a small band of people — just 102 people sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, and only about half of them were fleeing religious persecution — the Pilgrims cast an oversized legacy on American culture today. But their full story is often simplified, if not entirely misunderstood. For starters, they weren’t even called “Pilgrims” in their time. More @Wikipedia
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