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DianaC
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Posted: Sept 01 2008 at 9:06am \| IP Logged

We are planning a trip to Mass. in a couple of weeks and were planning to visit Plimoth Plantation.

I was looking at their website yesterday to make more detailed plans and I was very discouraged by what I saw. It seems as though there is a bit of rewriting of history going on. This doesn't totally surprise me as we came across a book last year that was called "1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving" and it put a new spin on the pilgrims - now called colonists and on Thanksgiving as well. (I may mention that I grew up about 30 minutes from PP and went there several times as a child and so this is all a stark difference from what I remember).

The worst part was on the front page of their website, under upcoming events is "Out at Plimoth Plantation" which highlights special events and discounts for the GLBT community. This will be held the week that we will be visiting.

Has anyone been lately? Is it worth going anymore? I'm not interested in a revisionist approach to history and I'm not interested in scandalizing my daughter by visiting. I'm hoping that someone has been there recently and can report that it is still a great living history and not at all the disappointment that the website presents.

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Posted: Sept 01 2008 at 9:43am \| IP Logged

Well, I was there two years ago and thought it was great. All the English Village reenactors talked about things I knew to be very historically accurate, in some cases quoting directly from diaries and letters of the time. It was one of my favorite visits to a living history museum, ever, and I've been to quite a few in the US and Canada.

I would not be happy to go during a GLBT week, though. Definitely not!

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KC in TX
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Posted: Sept 01 2008 at 10:52am \| IP Logged

I was there this past May and thought it was wonderful. I didn't notice anything out of historical context and my husband would've pointed it out to me. The people were fantastic.

What is GLBT?

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Posted: Sept 20 2008 at 10:15am \| IP Logged

Diana -

We'll be heading to PP within the next two weeks. Have you made your journey yet?

I pray it was an awesome adventure!
Heather in CA, traveling to Harwich, Cape Cod soon.

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