# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Story We Need to Know–Session Six: THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS Reading Group - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Explore THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS in a six-session online course uncovering Plymouth Colony and Wampanoag history through eyewitness voices.About this EventThis program will be hosted online via Zoom. A link will be emailed to all registrants two hours before the program starts at 7pm.After the international success of the best-selling Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (2006), author Nathaniel Philbrick and his father Thomas Philbrick (Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh) collaborated on The Mayflower Papers, an engaging, entertaining, and compact anthology of selected writings from Colonial New England. Drawing on chronicles by Governors William Bradford and Edward Winslow, scapegrace Thomas Morton, captive Mary Rowlandson, and Captain Benjamin Church, The Mayflower Papers tell the story of Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag Homeland from the Pilgrims' life in Leiden, Holland through King Philip's War in the 1670s.The anthology is a collection of six compelling Colonial eyewitness accounts skilfully edited by the Philbricks for readability.In his preface to Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick says that instead of buckled shoes and buckled hats, and the courtship of John and Priscilla Alden, there is an "altogether new, rich, troubling, and complex ... story that we need to know." Led by Senior Historian Richard Pickering, The Mayflower Papers Reading Group is a six-session digital course with welcoming remarks by Nathaniel Philbrick. Throughout the series there will be guest specialists and culture keepers focusing on historical, spiritual, biographical, archaeological or lifeways elements of the eyewitness accounts. Some sessions will feature objects from the Museum's collections and archives. Every element of The Story We Need to Know will contribute to understanding what happened along these shores of change for good or for ill after the promise of the First Thanksgiving.This is the last of six sessions to explore The Mayflower Papers. If you registered for all six sessions, following this session you will receive a special America 250 commemorative gift from Plimoth Patuxet Museums.The Mayflower Papers is not included with registration. Participants may purchase it through Amazon or support Plimoth Patuxet's educational mission by purchasing it through our Museum Shop.Upon registration, participants will receive information about the selected pages to read for the corresponding session. On the day of the event, participants will receive the online video link for the digital session. All sessions will be recorded, and registrants will receive access to watch them after the event.FAQsHow can I contact the organizer with any questions?Please contact Gabrielle Turcotte, Membership Program Coordinator, at 508-746-1622, ext. 8219 or by emailing gturcotte@plimoth.org, with any questions or if you would like to purchase tickets over the phone.What is the cancellation/refund policy?If you need to cancel your program registration, please contact Gabrielle Turcotte, Membership Program Coordinator, at 508-746-1622, ext. 8219 or via email, gturcotte@plimoth.org, as soon as possible. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/25799d40-f9fb-11f0-953c-0b4fd2fcffda-rimg-w1200-h528-dc010000-gmir.png - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/plymouth/the-story-we-need-to-know-session-six-the-mayflower-papers-reading-group/100001980128356217 - **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, literary-art, virtual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-story-we-need-to-knowsession-six-the-mayflower-papers-reading-group-registration-1980128356217 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 20, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Plymouth - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Plimoth Patuxet Museums - **lat**: 41.9380991 - **long**: -70.6253663 - **full address**: Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Plimoth Patuxet: Commemorating 400 Years 1620-2020 (https://allevents.in/org/plimoth-patuxet-commemorating-400-years-1620-2020/17723326) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/bf934de97705aeb0a8b557121e2e8d76436452171c3ca0f080dfa7af45f3ff15-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc7d0d9-gmir.jpg?v=1769351770 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/f159daece7442a386c0ae53060b78d81099ca499c2892a0f6f1bbe1d105d99e5-rimg-w400-h400-dcc7d0d8-gmir.jpg?v=1769351770 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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The museum is a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate that includes Mayflower, a full-scale reproduction of the original ship that sailed to Plymouth in 1620 and Plimoth Grist Mill. Visit our Craft Center and Plimoth Bread Company. Enjoy independent films at Plimoth Cinema.\r\nWhat Matters\r\nOur guests' experience is at the heart of what we do. The setting, the staff and a compelling approach to history combine to provide a memorable visitor experience. We are successful when a satisfied visitor recommends us to family and friends." } ] } ] ```