From Sermons, to Speeches, to Protests and Riots: The Mayflower at 400 and an American Myth Throughout the Centuries

November 04, 2020 | by Cory D. Higdon

The sermons, political speeches, and protests about America’s origin rely on harmful myths. This is true not only of the 1619 Project’s, but also the traditional view of the Pilgrims. The task of history, however, ought to replace myth with the far more compelling chronicles of human complexity.