William Bradford stands as one of the most important figures among the Pilgrim Fathers, remembered especially for his role as a signer of the Mayflower Compact and for his long service as governor of Plymouth Colony. His life reflects both the hardships and the determination that marked the early years of English settlement in America. Born in 1590 in Read more...
The Pilgrims did not seek to build fancy houses of worship like those of the Church of England that they left. Rather they met in the fort for collective worship. The church later had its own building at First Parish Church. _____ Image Source/Credit: • Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
