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Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures

With Author Kathryn Haueisen

Join author Kathryn Haueisen to learn about the Pilgrim path that led from England through Holland to New England, and the famous three-day celebration that inspired our annual Thanksgiving tradition.

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Author Kathryn Haueisen discusses the foundation of her book, “Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures,” and the origins of our annual Thanksgiving traditions. This historical novel is based on years of research in New England, England, and Holland. Haueisen is a descendant of Elder William Brewster, the spiritual leader of the English Separatists.

For thousands of years, two cultures evolved unaware of one another’s existence. Separated by what one called the Great Sea and the other known as the Atlantic Ocean, the future of both changed irreversibly four centuries ago. In 1620, the Mayflower carried a small group of English religious refugees — along with adventurers seeking land — to the shores of Cape Cod. They soon encountered the remnants of Indigenous peoples recovering from the Great Dying, a devastating epidemic that had left nearly three out of four dead. How these groups interacted still influences how we navigate diversity across the continent today. 

Learn about the tragedies, triumphs, and tenacity of both the English settlers and Indigenous peoples behind the founding of Plimoth Plantation. What many learned in school about the “First Thanksgiving” is only a small part of a much larger, far more complex story. 

Copies of her book will be available for signing.

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