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MAYFLOWER ARRIVED ON THIS DAY IN 1620

The Incredible Story of the Mayflower: The Ship That Changed America

     

 

On December 18, 1620, the English ship Mayflower arrived at
modern-day Plymouth,
Massachusetts, and its passengers
prepared to begin their new settlement,
Plymouth Colony.

   
 

   
     
  U.S. Timeline: 1620 - The    
    

    
 Mayflower ship sculpture installed near Harwich port - BBC News

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ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET WEEK IN PORTLAND

Portland Waterfront, 1935
Navy ships arrive on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon
in 1939.


Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland’s waterfront.

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SLAVERY IN NORTH AMERICA BEGAN IN 1619

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On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrived in the British colony of Virginia and were
then bought by English colonists. The arrival of the enslaved
Africans in the New World marked the beginning of two and a
half centuries of
slavery in North America.      


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GERMAN WARSHIPS HAVE RESURFACED

Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships | Reuters

(Fox News) – Dozens of German warships that sank during World
War II
have resurfaced in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia.

The vessels – exposed due to the river’s low water levels – were
among hundreds of
Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that retreated
from Soviet forces in 1944.

 Wreckage of a World War Two Nazi German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia August 18, 2022. (photo credit: Fedja Grulovic/Reuters)

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Danube reveals its metal graveyard

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