NOTE: We’ve converted our Plymouth Tour to a Car Tour! The cost of coaches has exponentially increased while the supply has dramatically decreased since 2020, so converting to cars saves money for everyone, and adds great flexibility for exploration in your free time! We have rented the meeting room at the Best Western Cold Springs for evening fellowship and fun, so there will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy one another.
Event Summary
e’re headed to Plymouth this fall to celebrate the landing of the Pilgrims in the place it all started, and you’re invited! Bring your family and drink deeply of the true history of the founding of America. We have hustled to make arrangements and have everything in place for a fantastic tour. Now all we need is you, and 29 of your friends and family!
There is something special that unfolds as you tread the same paths as the Pilgrims of old, immersing yourself in the accounts of their trials, tribulations, and triumphs. You gain perspective. The balm of gratitude dissolves the unrest and frustration of today, while what is truly important rises to the top of mind. This new perspective empowers you to press on in your duties tomorrow with a renewed spirit.
Travel with our band of hearty souls as we explore the sites and stories that form the bedrock of our nation’s heritage. You will be glad you did.
Our window of opportunity is tight—we need 30 people registered by October 1st to secure Plimoth Pawtuxet for their fantastic period Pilgrim Feast, where we will enjoy the foods our forefathers ate when they celebrated Thanksgiving those first years! This trip to priced sell and with the friendly hotel rates we secured there is a significant savings from previous tours. The tide is rising so make plans today to join us in Plymouth!
| Cape Cod! – Tour Stops Include: Provincetown, First Encounter Beach, Pilgrim Monument, Old Mashpee Meeting House. |
Mashpee Meeting House
Mayflower Compact Monument
First Encounter Beach
e will mark the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims on the ground where it all took place—in Plymouth, Massachusetts. We will walk the streets, ship decks and cemeteries, telling the stories of those 104 souls that arrived in the winter of 1620 and the profound legacy they left for us.
Mayflower II
Monuments
Cole’s Hill
e will go to the Forefathers Monument, the best kept 81-foot-tall solid granite secret in Plymouth, and out to nearby Duxbury where John and Priscilla Alden established a church plant as the Gospel took root and began to spread throughout the area. Courageous Miles Standish kept law and order in the early years and is buried alongside the Aldens in Duxbury.
National Monument to the Forefathers
John Alden Homestead
Miles Standish Sites
robably the best “living history” venue we have experienced. The site is superbly crafted, transporting you back to 1627 and the reenactors are fantastic. The people you will meet are living in the year 1627. They don’t know anything beyond that year, but they are incredibly well versed in their character and the time period so conversations with these Pilgrim is both entertaining and educational.
1623 English Village
Wampanoag Indian Village
Period Thanksgiving Feast*
or 25 years, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life have traveled to the historic Plymouth Harbor and Waterfront to experience a bounty of authentic Americana. The celebration of Thanksgiving becomes history-brought-to-life as Pilgrims, Native Americans, Soldiers, Patriots, and Pioneers proudly climb out of the history books and onto the streets of Plymouth. The perfect way to cap off the week.
They’ve stolen our history—we’re taking it back!
Two days of the Official Plymouth 400th Anniversary Tours will be led primarily by local Native American guides who, based on a fictitious view of history, mourn the Pilgrims arrival, describing it as the initiation of genocide on their people and theft of their land. Our tour is based on source documents and will take a different route, traveling to sites like the Mashpee Meeting House, where grateful Natives first converted under Richard Bourne have been preaching the gospel continuously for almost 400 years.
Mashpee Meetinghouse, 1684 and “Day of Mourning” plaque in town square
Harvest Feast at Plimoth Patuxet!
Friday we have a great day planned at Plimoth Patuxet, the 17th-Century English Village re-creation of the small farming and maritime community built by the Pilgrims on the New England shore now inhabited by the best Pilgrim reenactors we know. We’re in for a real treat as we partake in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner* with all the New England trimmings among Pilgrim role players at Plimoth Plantation.
Farewell Feast… Pilgrim Style!
When in Plymouth!…
* Minimum of 30 guests required for Pilgrim Feast. Alternate dinner venue if under 30.
Ticket Pricing
Adults (16+):
Youth (5-15):Event Speakers
Historian Bill Potter
An experienced historian and avid bibliophile, Bill Potter combines a lifelong study of American history with an uncommon ability to captivate audiences of all ages as he traces the providential acts of God throughout the ages. He has taught history in high schools and colleges, has led many tours of American and European historical sites and brings to each event a wealth of experience and knowledge. An experienced researcher and writer, Dr. Potter possesses a practical knowledge of antiquarian books, documents, and artifacts and has published several short books and has penned many articles and book reviews for publication. Dr. Potter has earned a well-deserved reputation as a man gifted in communicating the story of God’s providential hand in American history. As a father of eight children, he appreciates the necessity of passing on to the succeeding generations the richness of both our regional and national history. He and his wife, Leslie, reside in Virginia.
Paul Jehle
An ardent student of history, Dr. Paul Jehle serves as the Executive Director of the Plymouth Rock Foundation, an organization dedicated to the remembrance of the Pilgrims and the Christian heritage that was forged in the wake of their influential devotion to God and the Bible. Paul has travelled across the nation and to a number of foreign countries, hosting seminars and teaching on America’s Pilgrim and Patriot heritage. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Barrington College, and a Doctorate degree in Education from Whitefield Theological Seminary. Paul began giving walking tours of Plymouth and its monuments in 1978, and in 2004 he published Plymouth in the Words of Her Founders for visitors to the Plymouth area, allowing the Pilgrims to interpret the monuments erected in their honor through their own words. Dr. Jehle also serves on Plymouth’s 2020 Commission in preparation for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims. Paul and his wife, Charlene, have two grown children.
Leo Martin
Leo Martin, an educator and expert on the early history of our nation, has been called “the last God-fearing guide in historic Plymouth, MA”. While so many others are taking God out of the history books, Leo maintains that the Pilgrims and Founding Fathers established “one nation under God”, founded on Judeo-Christian values. A true patriot and historian, Leo Martin is the Education Director at the Jenney Museum in Plymouth, MA, where he is known for his service giving historical tours and lectures dressed in Pilgrim costume. He is a champion of our nation’s founding values displayed in the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth. He was a speaker at the Glenn Beck rally “Man in the Moon” in July, a fundraiser for the Oklahoma City tornado victims, speaking on his book Pilgrim Pursuit of Happiness. As well as giving historic tours of Plymouth, Leo speaks around the country on a variety of subjects relating to the Pilgrims and the founding of our country. Leo and his wife Nancy have been married for forty years, have three grown children and four grandchildren. They have been working together at the Jenney Museum in Plymouth for the past 12 years preserving the Christian heritage of our country.
Event Schedule
Note: Schedule days and venues subject to change.
Monday, November 6
| Evening Meet ’n’ Greet |
Tuesday, November 7
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Plymouth! Tour Stops Include: Mayflower II, Plymouth Rock, Pilgrim Mothers Memorial, Burial Hill, Massasoit, William Bradford, Brewster Garden, Lunch provided at Leyden House ( Jerry and Beth Perera), Town Brook, Jenney Gristmill, Town Square Churches, Burial Hill |
Wednesday, November 8
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Plymouth / Duxbury! Tour Stops Include: Pilgrim Hall Museum, John Alden Homestead, Myles Standish Burying Ground, Myles Standish Monument |
Thursday, November 9
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Cape Cod! Tour Stops Include: Burial Hill, Old Indian Meeting House, West Parish of Barnstable, Lunch on Your Own in Provincetown, MacMillan Pier Parking Lot, Pilgrim Monument / Museum, First Encounter Beach (Eastham, MA) |
Friday, November 10
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Plimoth Pawtuxet! Tour Stops Include: Morning Free Time in Plymouth, Plimoth Pawtuxet, Dinner at East Bay Grill |
Accommodations
Best Western Cold Springs
180 Court Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
(508) 746-2222
We secured a block of rooms November 6-10, at the Best Western Cold Spring hotel in Plymouth at a friendly rate of 139 per night, 1 King bed or 2 Queens. Book online here, or call 508-746-2222 and ask for the Landmark Events rate. We will be hosting after dinner Q&A and fellowship at the Best Western on most evenings.
We have stayaed here many times and found it clean, neat as a pin and reasonable.
Of course, you are free to stay wherever suites you best. We find VRBO helpful for houses and Trip Advisor good for hotels when researching accommodations.
Upcoming Events
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