Due to the current restrictions, we are not able to meet together in person to hold these events. But we are asking people to mark the anniversary by placing a light in their windows on Thanksgiving evening: Thursday 26th November.
400 years ago the Mayflower set sail for America. Amongst the passengers on board were a group of religious rebels whose homes were in North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
For the last five years we have hosted Illuminate events in November to commemorate our region’s connection to those pilgrims. These events have included artist led workshops in schools and with local organisations; lantern parades; and reflection in local churches linked to the Separatist’s story.
Thanksgiving is a huge celebration in America, which is linked back to the harvest meal the pilgrims shared with some of the indigenous peoples in the autumn of 1621.This was a time of gratitude for surviving against the odds after arriving in the wrong place, and also for the European settlers to thank their native allies - without whose help they would not have learned how to farm American crops.
400 years ago the Mayflower set sail for America. Amongst the passengers on board were a group of religious rebels whose homes were in North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
For the last five years we have hosted Illuminate events in November to commemorate our region’s connection to those pilgrims. These events have included artist led workshops in schools and with local organisations; lantern parades; and reflection in local churches linked to the Separatist’s story.
Thanksgiving is a huge celebration in America, which is linked back to the harvest meal the pilgrims shared with some of the indigenous peoples in the autumn of 1621.This was a time of gratitude for surviving against the odds after arriving in the wrong place, and also for the European settlers to thank their native allies - without whose help they would not have learned how to farm American crops.
