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John Smith and part of his famous 1616 map of New England

Here’s the story of Captain John Smith you didn’t get from the Disney flick

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Explorer and mercenary Captain John Smith shaped modern America in many ways, spurring its colonization by the English. And his story goes far beyond his friendship with Native Americans like Pocahontas. A new biography argues that this cruel and heroic former mercenary was also the first to formulate the American Dream.

Squanto as captured slave. One of the reconstructed scenes from a new exhibit in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Native Americans get the chance to tell their side of the Pilgrim story

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William and Alice Bradford in the doorway to their home. The couple is portrayed by real life couple, Chris and Norah Messier.

Pilgrims recall their first days in America as immigrants

Lifestyle & Belief

Lena Dunham Represents Her Generation with ‘Girls’

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