I hope everyone is enjoying Thanksgiving. I'll be back next week, but for now, I'm enjoying the holiday with my family! In the meantime, check this out: "Almost 400 years ago, a 20-year old cooper by the name of John Alden traversed the Atlantic on the good ship Mayflower. Along with his fellow travelers, Alden carried with him a collection of hopes, dreams, and a modified .66 caliber Italian single-shot wheellock carbine. That rifle, known as the Mayflower gun, now resides under glass here at the National Firearms Museum.
The Mayflower Gun could very well have been "one of the guns responsible for the first Thanksgiving," says Senior Curator Doug Wicklund of the National Firearms Museum."
Read the rest of this article here:
The Mayflower Gun: A Piece of the First Thanksgiving
Have a great holiday and thanks for sharing with us a bit of history.
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