[Subscribers will know that this surname is also the maiden name of one of the 3 married female passengers on the 1620 "Mayflower" who is known to have descendants living today.] That season of the year encumbered by myth is upon us again and it is good to know the difference between myth and fact. In his office in the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden, Holland, former 1627 Plimoth Plantation curator and present director of this Leiden museum, the noted Pilgrim scholar Dr. Jeremy D. Bangs has done much to set things straight. He has written two major articles debunking centuries old myths: “Thanksgiving on the Net: Roast Bull with Cranberry Sauce” and “1621: A Historian Looks Anew at Thanksgiving,” the latter dealing with publications. Both of these articles may be read on the PA Mayflower Society’s Website www.Sail1620.org “Discover History” page (Featured Articles – browse all). Among other works of Dr. Bangs posted there are the first two chapters of his forthcoming book “Pilgrims, Leiden, and the Early Years of Plymouth Plantation.” You can visit his museum at http://www.pilgrimhall.org/LeidenMuseum.htm. Of course Leiden is where the Pilgrims settled in 1609 after fleeing persecution by the Church of England and from whence they departed to begin their 1620 voyage, via England, to North America. Actual Pilgrim artifacts may be seen in the on-line collections of this nation’s oldest museum in continuous use (since 1824), Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, MA (http://www.pilgrimhall.org). Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Former Governor PA Mayflower Society ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs