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2	Mayors of Chorley
3	Mystery of Standish Hall Video

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1	Congratulations to Mayflower II for receiving a 2021 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award
2	Revised Myles Standish 2020+1 Events Schedule
3	Newsletter February 2021


	Congratulations to Mayflower II for receiving a 2021 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award Congratulations to Mayflower II for receiving a 2021 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award! The Tsongas Award is Preservation Massachusetts' highest honour, honouring people and projects that have displayed the highest level of commitment to historic preservation in the Commonwealth. Named for he awards first recipient, Senator Paul Tsongas, it was... more information
	Revised Myles Standish 2020+1 Events Schedule June 2021 Saturday 19 June Myles Standish Trophy Golf Competition Duxbury Golf Course Friday 25 June Re-launch Reception Evening Town Hall – Lancastrian Suite July 2021 Sunday 4 July Fourth of July in the Park Duxbury Park Saturday 17 July Parish to Parish Walk St. Laurence’s Church to St. Wilfred’s Church ... more information
	Newsletter February 2021 Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Chorley-HeritageCentre-Support-Group You might be interested to keep up to date with what’s happening between newsletters by visiting our Facebook... more information
	Mayflower Thanksgiving Service The link below provides video footage of the recent Mayflower Thanksgiving Service: - https://youtu.be/x9K5HtiWsZo more information
	Mayflower Events (March – Nov 2020) Due to restrictions imposed in relation to COVID 19, it has not been possible to hold the many public events to celebrate the Myles Standish and Pilgrim Fathers 400th Anniversary in 2020, We expect to be in a position in December to reschedule the planned events for the first half of 2021. Please look out for information... more information
	Myles Standish Update Sadly all the Myles Standish events were cancelled for 2020, apart from the Thanksgiving Service which will be a virtual one from St. Laurence's on 15th November. Things have still been happening e.g. schools have exhibition boards & education packs, but all else is now pencilled in for 2021. Historian Bill Walker takes us on a... more information
	Mayflower Podcast Listen to Mayflower 400 from Dan Snow's History Hit in Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dan-snows-history-hit/id1042631089... more information
	So What Can We Do About Myles? It has been frustrating, if totally understandable, that the keynote public events relating to the Myles Standish Project cannot take place in the current situation. However the public information and educational side of the Plan have been successfully forwarded. The exhibition concerning three key issues relating to Myles Standish’s life... more information
	New Set of Myles Standish Information Boards Update June 2020 Whilst many of the scheduled events have had to be postponed during the COVID-19 lockdown work is still going on behind the scenes and the below link allows you to have a preview of the new Myles Standish information boards whihc are going to print in June 2020. ... more information
	Statement in Support of the Wampanoag Tribe The following article, from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, USA highlights the awful plight of the Wampanoag people. I am writing this statement in the immediate aftermath of the Secretary of Interior’s wrongful decision to disestablish the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Reservation. Four hundred years ago, a... more information