The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and
The National Day of Mourning plaque on Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Frank "Wamsutta" James (Aquinnah Wampanoag, 1923–2001)
Cole's Hill in Plymouth, where the annual National Day of Mourning gathering is held.
Plymouth Rock
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Plymouth Rock is a boulder in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, which was claimed to have been at the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed to found Plymouth Colony in December 1620. The Pilg
National Day of Mourning (United States protest)
…Awareness of historical and ongoing struggles of Native American tribes At the 1995 event, protestors dumped sand and seaweed on Plymouth Rock as part of the demonstration. In 1997, police attacked peaceful National Day of Mourning marchers, which included the use of pepper spray. Twenty-five…
Plymouth Rock, inscribed with 1620, the year of the Pilgrims' landing in the Mayflower
The Landing of the Pilgrims by Henry A. Bacon (1877)
The 1867 monumental canopy that housed Plymouth Rock until 1920
The present (1920) superstructure designed by McKim, Mead & White for the Tercentenary of Plymouth Rock with the replica Mayflower II (left, behind trees) and Cole's Hill (right) with the Statue of Massasoit