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National Day of Mourning Monument

National Day of Mourning


"Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill
in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate
the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers.
To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions
of their people, the theft of their lands,
and the relentless assault on their culture..."

The People of the First Light at Boston's Children's Museum

Photograph of the National Day of Mourning Monument
taken on May 6, 2000 at Plymouth, MA
That's Plymouth Rock? Project last modified November 10, 2008