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Connie Baxter Marlow, Mayflower Pilgrim Descendant, presents an inspiring perspective on the First Fifty Years and The First Thanksgiving at Mayor's Office of New Bostonians and City Hall Cultural Awareness Committee Program November 18, 2005.
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"The idea that it was solely the Anglo-Saxon who gave birth to the "American Mind" and the American Spirit" , is in my observance inappropriate and inaccurate. That Anglo-Saxon ideals were a leading driving force in forming a new nation based on self-governance is undeniable. The Pilgrims arrived with these ideals as articulated in The Mayflower Compact. What is missing from the equation is:
a. The role that Native American thought has played in the evolution of these ideals.
b. The importance to the future of what the Native Americans are carrying in their understanding of the nature of the universe.
c. The relationship of the Mayflower Pilgrims with the Wampanoags for the first 54 years of Plymouth Plantation's existence - driven by the inspired vision of the Pilgrim leaders and the Wampanoag chief, Massassoit.
d. The role played by the many diverse cultures who subsequently came to the New World.
We must return to the origin story of the United States, correct misunderstandings and put in the missing pieces to see where we can take the inspired documents of freedom of America, within the context of a balanced understanding of our beginnings and of the nature of the Universe." CBM
Connie Baxter Marlow, Mayflower Pilgrim Descendant, presents an inspiring perspective on the First Fifty Years and The First Thanksgiving at Mayor's Office of New Bostonians and City Hall Cultural Awareness Committee Program November 18, 2005.
Connie is a columnist for eNewsChannels. Read her perspective on Thanksgiving:
http://enewschannels.com/news/column_...
eNewsChannels™ is a news magazine covering news by industry and by regions within the U.S., plus selected international entertainment and technology news. eNewsChannels offers only highly credible and relevant news, interviews, opinion and commentary. Creative thinking for new media.
"The idea that it was solely the Anglo-Saxon who gave birth to the "American Mind" and the American Spirit" , is in my observance inappropriate and inaccurate. That Anglo-Saxon ideals were a leading driving force in forming a new nation based on self-governance is undeniable. The Pilgrims arrived with these ideals as articulated in The Mayflower Compact. What is missing from the equation is:
a. The role that Native American thought has played in the evolution of these ideals.
b. The importance to the future of what the Native Americans are carrying in their understanding of the nature of the universe.
c. The relationship of the Mayflower Pilgrims with the Wampanoags for the first 54 years of Plymouth Plantation's existence - driven by the inspired vision of the Pilgrim leaders and the Wampanoag chief, Massassoit.
d. The role played by the many diverse cultures who subsequently came to the New World.
We must return to the origin story of the United States, correct misunderstandings and put in the missing pieces to see where we can take the inspired documents of freedom of America, within the context of a balanced understanding of our beginnings and of the nature of the Universe." CBM
