Boston night view

Excerpt on back: 

The view from the Prudential Center Skywalk at night shows the John Hancock Tower,

the tallest building in New England, standing alongside Trinity Church in Copley Square. 

Also in view are the Charles River, the beautiful homes and building of the Back Bay,

the oldest public parks in America and a clean and revitalized Boston Harbour.

Thanks to Samantha via Postcrossing for the night view!

Sent: 12 May 2016   Received: 26 May 2016  Travelled: 14 days

Plymouth,MA

In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a poorly documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history that have been identified as the "First Thanksgiving", including Pilgrim holidays in Plymouth in 1621 and 1623, and a Puritan holiday in Boston in 1631.According to historian Jeremy Bangs, director of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, the Pilgrims may have been influenced by watching the annual services of Thanksgiving for the relief of the siege of Leiden in 1574, while they were staying in Leiden. In later years, religious thanksgiving services were declared by civil leaders such as Governor Bradford, who planned a thanksgiving celebration and fast in 1623.The practice of holding an annual harvest festival did not become a regular affair in New England until the late 1660s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

thank you Laura for this card showing the First Thanksgiving :)

Sent:21 November 2013,   Received: 10 December 2013,   Travelled: 19 days

Cape Cod

Thank you Carrie for the animals of Cape Cod!

Received: 4 October 2013

Large letter blocks - Boston

Thank you Heather for this surprise card :)

The Flower stamp came out in celebration of

the First Spanish expedition to Florida

Thank you Hezzie!

Sent: 8 April 2013,   Received: 23 April 2013,   Travelled: 15 days

Plimoth Plantation

A Wampanoag man uses fire as his main tool to transform a log

into a dugout canoe.

Thank you Laura for the beautiful card. Plimoth Plantation is a

living museum , showing how the life of the first settlers to America

and their interaction with the Wampanoag tribe.

Sent: 6 April 2013   Received: 18 April 2013   Travelled: 12 days

Boston

 

Boston, Skyline

Thank you Hezzie for this beautiful card of Boston's skyline! I do enjoy the cards we exchange :D

Sent: 16 March 2013,   Received: 4 April 2013,   Travelled:18days