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Freedom & Empire :
The Young Republic and
the Founding of Pilgrim Hall Museum
by Karin Goldstein,
Curator of Collections, Pilgrim Society
An exhibit sponsored by Gage-Wiley, March-October
1999
The 1820s was a period of growth and expansion for
America. As the young nation grew, it looked backward to its past for direction and
inspiration. Pilgrim Hall was founded in 1824 as a monument to, and celebration
of, part of this unique American past.
Plate by Enoch Wood, Burlsem, England, 1819, showing the Landing of
the Pilgrims. Imported by Plymouth merchant William Davis and used for the Pilgrim
Society's first 1820 Forefathers Day dinner.
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