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Article: DUTCH HONOR THEIR OWN REFUGEE PILGRIMS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 27, 1997
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Pilgrims once trod Leiden's cobblestones, back when they were the latest ragtag refugees in town. Now this city is reviving memories of a pious people who eventually found Dutch tolerance too much to bear.
On Thanksgiving Day, the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum opens, born of one man's lifelong passion to illuminate the Pilgrims' largely forgotten 11 years in exile in Holland.
For American historian Jeremy Bangs, it's a reminder that the future colonists endured hope and heartache long before they even boarded the Mayflower.
``Anyone who really wants to understand American society needs to know about the Pilgrims,'' said Bangs, a leading Pilgrim ...