{"id":2488,"date":"2008-11-27T00:04:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T00:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fadingad.wordpress.com\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2014-08-20T00:51:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T00:51:34","slug":"pilgrims-decision-to-leave-holland-for-the-new-world-ancestry-dot-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2008\/11\/27\/pilgrims-decision-to-leave-holland-for-the-new-world-ancestry-dot-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrims Decide to Leave Holland for the New World &#8211; The Dutch Rejoice! Ancestry dot com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/headerh.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/headerh.jpg?resize=580%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"headerh\" width=\"580\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a>It appeared to the English community that the Dutch did not remember the Lord&#8217;s Day and keep it holy, but after Sunday church services allowed feasting and merrymaking\u2014especially among the children. This was intolerable to the English. &#8211; Duane A. Cline<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/boston_public_library\/2380632653\/sizes\/o\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pilgrims Departure from Delft Haven\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/pilgrim_departure.jpg?resize=500%2C316\" alt=\"Pilgrims Departure from Delft Haven\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;m surprised there isn&#8217;t a Dutch National Holiday for when the <strong>Pilgrims<\/strong> decided to leave the Netherlands.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalgallery.nypl.org\/nypldigital\/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&amp;strucID=129412&amp;imageID=67981&amp;total=37&amp;num=0&amp;word=Pilgrims%20(New%20Plymouth%20Colony)&amp;s=3&amp;notword=&amp;d=&amp;c=&amp;f=2&amp;k=0&amp;lWord=&amp;lField=&amp;sScope=&amp;sLevel=&amp;sLabel=&amp;imgs=20&amp;pos=6&amp;e=w\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"NYPL Digital Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/pilgrims_depart.jpg?resize=500%2C321\" alt=\"NYPL Digital Gallery\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPL Digital Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9C06EFDE103FF932A05751C1A96E958260\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Government in the Netherlands Thwarts Modern Pilgrim&#8217;s Progress<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; NY Times, 1998<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy D Bangs on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sail1620.org\/discover_feature_thanksgiving_on_the_net_roast_bull_with_cranberry_sauce_part_3.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">United American Indians of New England National Day of Mourning<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holidays.net\/thanksgiving\/pilgrims.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Pilgrims and America&#8217;s First Thanksgiving<\/a><\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Holidays dot net<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=6526328\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Considered, November 22, 2006 \u00b7 <em><strong>Debunking Pilgrim Myths<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; NPR (Nathaniel Philbrick, author of <em>Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War<\/em>, notes that the Pilgrims encountered Native Americans &#8212; and stole their corn &#8212; before reaching Plymouth Harbor.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Which reminds me of a life-sized diorama at the Pilgrims Museum in Provincetown depicting <em>&#8220;The Pilgrims Find the Corn.&#8221;<\/em> They stole it. 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