Day of Mourning

Overlooking the Plymouth Monument, from Cole

's Hill

Well, we’re still here in scenic Plymouth, awaiting  our oil cooler. (Kinda sounds like a drink, does it not? Would you like it straight up or over the rocks? Double? By now WE do!!!) Have learned to go with the flow and fill each day with new adventures. Actually a splendid place to lay over and take in the history and sights of our young country.  Have either walked or traveled by bus to the beaches, cooling off with the colder waters of the Atlantic Ocean (and at both have been able to find a spot of shade to further my enjoyment!)

My very own private get-away, with a shade tree no less.......and within walking distance of the Marina!!

White Horse Beach.....did you notice the shade I found? I always seek it out!!

And this is the rest of the beach in the full sun!!

  

pumping out the dinghy after a rainstorm

And one of us has been busy doing odd jobs on board……and my “not wanting to get in the way” has afforded me the opportunity to stroll the streets of downtown Plymouth, for the exercise of course :)  There’s an ample supply of antique “malls”, pawn shops, bakeries (as I’ve referred to in the past), statues, plaques, memorials, parks to meander through, and cemeteries to draw you in for more of the area’s history.

Tim lubricating the winches

Tim's in the cockpit locker working on the engine.......wayyyyyyy down there in the nether world!!

 The Plymouth Rock

And the Rock again!

The Plymouth Rock is enclosed in this magnificent Monument by the Harbor, which is more impressive than "the" Rock

The Monument is lit up throughout the night

                         William Bradford, 1st Govenor and Historian of the Plymouth Colony

                                                            Born in Austerfield, England 1590

                                                         Died in Plymouth, New England 1657

Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (1581-1661); was the sachem (a chief of a Native American Tribe) of the Wampanoags, protector and preserver of Pilgrims. The term Massasoit means "Great Sachem"

 The above plaque reads as follows:

                                                 NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their culture. Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue to experience.

Just a little something to think about, now and then......... further research on this topic proves quite interesting to say the least.