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Forefathers’ Day

Few things are more important to Americans than heritage. Remembering where you come from, and how hard you’ve worked to get where you are are all integral parts of the concept of the American dream.

For those reasons, no holiday could be more American in nature than Forefathers’ Day, a holiday that celebrates the first ever pilgrims courageously sailing across the vast ocean they knew very little about at the time, in search of a better life and freedom from religious prosecution.

When they set foot on the shores of North America, they themselves were the beginning of a new country that would one day become a world superpower. Now that’s definitely an event worth celebrating.

Learn more about Forefathers’ Day

Forefathers’ Day is designed to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in the Massachusetts area of Plymouth. This happened on the 21st of December in 1620. The observance of the day was introduced a lot later, though, in 1769, and we will tell you more about this in the next section.

There are a number of different events that the Old Colony Club put on in order to recognize their forefathers. There is a march on the top of Cole’s Hill on this day, which all members of the club participate in. After this, a proclamation is read, which honors the forefathers. The club’s cannon is then fired, which is another important ritual. You can read more about all of these rituals online to get a better understanding.

Another part of the tradition involves a succotash dinner. This is something that both the Mayflower Society and Old Colony Club do. This was recorded as part of the first celebration, and it has continued ever since. For those who are unaware, this is a type of culinary dish that is mainly made of sweetcorn, which is combined with lima beans and other types of shell beans.

Other ingredients that people include are okra, multi-colored sweet peppers, tomatoes, salt pork, turnips, potatoes, and corned beef. As you can see, it is a pretty versatile dish! In the early days, succotash was served as a broth, which contained big pieces of meat and fowl that were sliced at the table. So, as you can see, it has changed quite a lot over the years! Another surprising fact is that the Forefathers were not called “pilgrims” by the Old Colony Club. This is another thing that did not come until later.

The Mayflower Society and the Old Colony Club are worth learning more about. The Mayflower Society, which is officially named The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, is a hereditary organization of people who’s descent has been documented from at least one of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. This is the area that is now known as Plymouth today. This society has been running for many years now, as it was first established in 1897.

You then have the famous Old Colony Club, which is one of the United States’ oldest Gentlemen’s Clubs. This was founded in Plymouth in 1769. The club was established by eight gentlemen who said that their reason for creating the Old Colony Club was to avoid the following:

“the many disadvantages and inconveniences that arise from intermixing with the company at the taverns in … Plymouth.”

Their words, not ours! The traditions and history of this club make interesting reading. During the American Revolution, it actually went moribund because of a split between Patriot and Tory members. However, it was revived in 1875.

History of Forefathers’ Day

Forefathers’ Day is a commemoration of the pilgrims who sailed the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Mayflower, in 1620. As they had left England in search of better days, the Pilgrim Fathers settled on US territory, which they subsequently christened New England.

And as they had set sail from Plymouth, England, they decided to give their landing spot the whimsical name of Plymouth Rock. Therefore, Forefathers’ Day is a holiday celebrated mainly in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22. The holiday was introduced to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1769, so it has quite a long history and tradition.

However, the joyous occasion was first celebrated in 1769, because 149 years after the forefathers actually arrived in North America, some descendants decided to gather for a feast in honour of their ancestors, who would have been their great-great-grandfathers.

How to celebrate Forefathers’ Day

The contemporary version of the feast is the Old Colony Club or Mayflower Society dinner party, which usually involves eating succotash. Nowadays, succotash is a hearty stew made from vegetables and often thick slices of poultry placed on top, but at the time, it was nothing more than sweet corn and and different kinds of beans, sometimes baked in a casserole-type dish under a pie crust to make a sort of pot pie.

In fact, Succotash (from the Narragansett word sohquttahhash) means “broken corn kernels”, and at the very very beginning that’s pretty much all it was. Other ingredients may have been added later as well, including tomatoes and green or sweet red peppers. To celebrate Forefathers’ Day properly, you could try preparing and eating the hallowed Forefather’s traditional succotash, just to get a tiny taste of all the hardships and discomforts that they had to go through to help make America what it is today.

Succotash is in no way bad-tasting, mind you; it just doesn’t have much to offer in the way of nutrition when you think about all of the hard, physical work that had to be done at that time.

You can spend this day finding out more about the history of the different pilgrim clubs and their traditions. There is a lot to learn and it makes interesting reading.

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Forefathers Day Messages and Quotes

Celebrate this day with your family and relatives by wishing them with unique and inspiring forefather quotes and wishes. Share with everyone around you the beautiful Forefather’s Day quotes on this special occasion.

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Buenos días mi gente preciosa 😊🙏., disfruta tu día. Dios nos bendiga a todos 🙏 🙌 💕 ♥️. #DateNutBreadDay #posadasnavideñas #ForeFathersDay #RegiftingDay Good morning my beautiful people 😊🙏., enjoy your day. God bless us all 🙏 🙌 💕 ♥️. Alexander Pedro Harp https://www.instagram.com/p/CmeWSbqOFa_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[smashindia]

Happy Forefathers Day !

[classicpolo]

Happy Forefathers Day !

[daretodreamwithwendy]

I still believe that I am blessed to live in one of the greatest countries on this earth. Much of what we enjoy began when the first pilgrims sailed across the ocean in search of a better life and landed in a place we would call America. Today we celebrate their discovery. Today is also

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Forefather's Day is a commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 21, 1620. The joyous occasion was first celebrated in 1769 when some descendants decided to gather for a feast in honor of their ancestors, who would have been their great-great-grandfathers. #forefathersday #forefathers #fathers #pilgrim #pilgrims #massachusetts #MA #USA https://fmaa-usa.com — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2sbF3KD

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Forefathers’ Day

The first Thanksgiving wasn't complete without it. An historic journey by sea to discover a new world and newfound freedom.

Few things are more important to Americans than heritage. Remembering where you come from, and how hard you’ve worked to get where you are are all integral parts of the concept of the American dream. For those reasons, no holiday could be more American in nature than Forefathers’ Day, a holiday that celebrates the first ever pilgrims courageously sailing across the vast ocean they knew very little about at the time, in search of a better life and freedom from religious prosecution. When they set foot on the shores of North America, they themselves were the beginning of a new country that would one day become a world superpower. Now that’s definitely an event worth celebrating.

The History of Forefathers’ Day

Forefathers’ Day is a commemoration of the pilgrims who sailed the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Mayflower, in 1620. As they had left England in search of better days, the Pilgrim Fathers settled on US territory, which they subsequently christened New England. And as they had set sail from Plymouth, England, they decided to give their landing spot the whimsical name of Plymouth Rock. Therefore, Forefathers’ Day is a holiday celebrated mainly in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22. The holiday was introduced to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1769, so it has quite a long history and tradition. However, the joyous occasion was first celebrated in 1769, because 149 years after the forefathers actually arrived in North America, some descendants decided to gather for a feast in honour of their ancestors, who would have been their great-great-grandfathers.

How to Celebrate Forefathers’ Day

The contemporary version of the feast is the Old Colony Club or Mayflower Society dinner party, which usually involves eating succotash. Nowadays, succotash is a hearty stew made from vegetables and often thick slices of poultry placed on top, but at the time, it was nothing more than sweet corn and and different kinds of beans, sometimes baked in a casserole-type dish under a pie crust to make a sort of pot pie. In fact, Succotash (from the Narragansett word sohquttahhash) means “broken corn kernels”, and at the very very beginning that’s pretty much all it was. Other ingredients may have been added later as well, including tomatoes and green or sweet red peppers. To celebrate Forefathers’ Day properly, you could try preparing nd eating the hallowed Forefather’s traditional succotash, just to get a tiny taste of all the hardships and discomforts that they had to go through to help make America what it is today. Succotash is in no way bad-tasting, mind you; it just doesn’t have much to offer in the way of nutrition when you think about all of the hard, physical work that had to be done at that time.

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Forefathers Day Messages, Wishes and Quotes

Celebrate this day with your family and relatives by wishing them with unique and inspiring forefather quotes and wishes. Share with everyone around you the beautiful Forefather’s Day quotes on this special occasion. Shared below is the collection of warm Forefather’s Day messages and greetings that make a worthy share on this special occasion.

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December 21: Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts) Forefathers' Day is a holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22. It is a commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 21, 1620. It was introduced in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1769. Forefathers Day' is celebrated every year by the Old Colony Club, established in 1769 "to honor the forefathers". The celebration begins at 6:00 AM with a march by members to the top of Cole's Hill next to Massasoit's statue, followed by a reading of a proclamation honoring the forefathers and a ritual firing of the club's cannon. Plymouth /ˈplɪməθ/ (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1691. It is named after the English city of the same name, from which the Mayflower departed for America. #ForefathersDay #Plymouth #Massachusetts #21December1620 #OldColonyClub #ColesHill #Massasoitsstatue #Plimouth #Plimoth #AmericasHometown #MayflowerPilgrims #Thanksgivingfeast #PlymouthColony #MassachusettsBaycolony #America #MelissaArrighi #KennethATavares #December22 #Forefathers #Thanksgiving #Mayflower #PilgrimFathers #commemoration #Massasoit #cannon #PlymouthCounty #County #Hometown #Baycolony

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FOREFATHERS DAY

DECEMBER 22ND, IS NATIONAL FOREFATHERS DAY. A NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING AND SALUTING AMERICA'S FOREFATHERS. THIS FESTIVAL IS HELD IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TO COMMEMORATE THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS IN PLYMOUTH IN 1620. FOREFATHERS DAY WAS FOUNDED IN 1769 AND IS HOSTED EVERY YEAR BY THE OLD COLONY CLUB AS AN HONORARIUM TO THIS GREAT NATIONS FOREFATHERS. THE CELEBRATORY EVENTS BEGIN WITH A MARCH TO THE TOP OF COLE'S HILL WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY A READING OF A PROCLAMATION THAT PRAISES OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE FIRING OF A CANNON. LATER THAT EVENING, THE OLD COLONY CLUB HOSTS A LARGE SUCCOTASH DINNER WITH GUESTS SPEAKERS AND ENTERTAINERS. EVERYTHING IS COOL ON FOREFATHERS DAY SO MAKE YOUR WAY TO PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS AND HAVE YOUR FILL OF HISTORY AND SUCCOTASH.  IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THEM, OUR COOLNECKWEAR IT WILL HELP KEEP EVERYONE COOL & COMFORTABLE

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