photo of St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ, © Maura Mackowski, 2019
Today is the Feast of All Souls (Nov. 2nd, the day after the feast known as All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day, Nov. 1st (making Oct. 31st All Hallows Eve, aka Halloween.) The burial locations of some Mayflower passengers are known (Gov. Bradford, Mary Allerton, Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, the Brewsters, and possibly John Howland on Burial Hill in Plymouth; Myles Standish, John Alden, & Priscilla Mullins Alden at Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury; Richard More at Burial Point in Salem, MA; and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland at Ancient Little Neck Cemetery in East Providence, RI) but you can honor any and all of them by visiting the final resting places of their descendants, i.e. your parents and grandparents, today (or any day.) Veterans Day is coming up on Nov. 11th...
Today is the Feast of All Souls (Nov. 2nd, the day after the feast known as All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day, Nov. 1st (making Oct. 31st All Hallows Eve, aka Halloween.) The burial locations of some Mayflower passengers are known (Gov. Bradford, Mary Allerton, Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, the Brewsters, and possibly John Howland on Burial Hill in Plymouth; Myles Standish, John Alden, & Priscilla Mullins Alden at Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury; Richard More at Burial Point in Salem, MA; and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland at Ancient Little Neck Cemetery in East Providence, RI) but you can honor any and all of them by visiting the final resting places of their descendants, i.e. your parents and grandparents, today (or any day.) Veterans Day is coming up on Nov. 11th...
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