Mayflower400 NL

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In 2020 the United States, England and the Netherlands are commemorating that 400 years ago a group of English religious refugees, after twelve years of voluntary exile in Leiden, left for North America where they founded Plymouth Colony. The influence of this event has assumed mythical proportions over time. Although not the first or most successful settlers, these English-speaking Protestants have gone down in history under the name Pilgrims as founders of America. During the international commemoration of 2020 the Pilgrim story will be retold and examined from all sorts of perspectives.