Are we there yet? How much longer till we get there? Are we there yet?
How many times have you asked your family this when going on a trip? Trust me, you're not the only one who's been asking. Those questions have been asked since the year 1620! Twelve year old Remember Patience Whipple, has been asking these questions for 65 days! That's exactly how long her voyage aboard the Mayflower to reach the new world. As she makes this famous pilgrimage, "Mem" records her thoughts and the events in her diary, from the moment they leave England, 2,950 miles later when they arrive at Cape Cod, to meeting and sharing with the Indians! If you would like to get an idea of what life might have been like for the earliest of Colonial settlers, the Pilgirms, then check out A Journey to a New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple.
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