Alden House on TV

Premiering on November 19, the History Channel will have a three-hour special on the Pilgrim's troubled journey and the founding of Plymouth Colony. A number of the interviews of scholars from England and America and several "talking head" segments were filmed in the Alden House. This includes Nathaniel Philbrick, author of the hot new book Mayflower; Prof. Len Travers of UMass Dartmouth; Ramona Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag artist; Carolyn Travers, Plymouth Plantation Research; and our Alden curator Jim Baker.

The press release for the program reads in part:
It's a story familiar to most of us from school. And in many ways, the story of the passengers on the Mayflower is like that of every immigrant who has come to America to start a new life. Yet the true story of the Pilgrims is far more complex than the one we learned as children -- and also more intriguing. This is a decades-long epic tale, filled with real drama, tragedy, and inspiration...

"These are not the sober, gray-haired Founding Fathers of legend -- they're young, passionate and highly educated rebels who believe their kind's religion violates the true faith. Condemned as traitors in England and forced into a life of exile and poverty in Holland, the group decides to risk all and take their chances in the wilds of America..."