The Pilgrims came over a little less than 200 years before the War of 1812. But this year marks the 400th anniversary of their arrival.
A mark of the Pilgrims' impact on our modern culture is the number of people who believe they are, or might be, that their ancestors came over to America in the Mayflower in 1620. A poll taken two decades ago suggested that a quarter of Americans believed they were descended from a Pilgrim. That would not be mathematically possible according to one expert.
With the world now celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim arrival, there are probably even more people wanting to join that club.
But, according to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, an association for those with proven Pilgrim descent, 10 million people in the U.S. are descendants from the Mayflower people. They also estimate that some 35 million people around the world are descendants.
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Although, I must admit that I haven't heard very much at all in connection with such a monumental moment in American history. as I would have expected other than a few newspaper articles and TV bits, the magazine/book I am getting this from and the post office has a Mayflower stamp. I would guess this is part of the new erase history movement which condemns the Pilgrims because of what happened to the Indians.
I sure would have believed there would have been a lot more.
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--Brock-Perry
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