![]() And in a way that recentered the story around the Wampanoag people, who were the group of native Americans or Indians who were living in that place at the time. But as a part of that, we also wanted to include in this project, a restorative justice piece to it and bring the native voices back into that narrative, which included the story that I produced, which deconstructed the myth of the first Thanksgiving and retold that piece of history accurately. ![]() The project would be centered around the events, but also stories about the impact that pilgrims have had on New England and the impact that pilgrims had on the US. So Ginette had a strong presence in the area through the Cape Cod times, and we have a network of weekly's there.Īnd so we decided to pool our resources and do our own project about the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim landing. And it became kind of the first quote unquote town in the United States. And it was also tied to the founding of Plymouth where the pilgrims eventually settled. And for years, organizations had been planning this year long celebration that was going to be called Plymouth 400. And you'll be forgiven for not knowing that date, not everybody grew up two towns away from Plymouth like I did, and didn't have it kind of stuffed down their throat from a very early age. ![]() November 11th, 1620, they dropped anchor off Cape Cod and came ashore at what is now known as Provincetown or P town. So tell me, how were you first assigned this story and why did you want to tell it?Įrin Dionne: So last year, 2020 was the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim's landing it in Massachusetts in the kind of general Massachusetts area. Shannon Rae Gre.: Thanks so much for doing that for us. You're not going to think about Thanksgiving again after you hear it.
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