WHAT:
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (PMPM) will host Wampanoag Day from 11am to 4pm. Wampanoag Day will feature a day full of cultural activities including Wampanoag Nation singers and dancers, corn husk doll making, Easter Sons Drum, Flint knapping demonstrations, Wampum Pendant making, craft vendors, and Wampanoag food will be for sale. There will also be special presentations made by Smoke Sygnals and Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project.
Smoke Sygnals, a Wampanoag owned and operated business, is in the process of making an authentic Wampum Belt, the first in three centuries for the Wampanoag people. The Wampum Belt will tour England in 2020 before coming home to the Wampanoag communities.
The Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project will have an information table at the event on the language immersion schools, all community language training and other research and recovery efforts.
Wampanoag Day is included with the price of Museum admission and is a rain or shine event.
WHO:
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum – Wampanoag people
WHEN:
Saturday, October 12, 2019
11:00am to 4:00pm
WHERE:
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
1 High Pole Hill
Provincetown, MA
About the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
Dedicated in 1910, the Monument commemorates the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown in 1620. Here they signed the historic Mayflower Compact, the first agreement to establish a government by the people in the ‘new world;’ which became the cornerstone of American democracy. They explored the Cape for five weeks before sailing on to Plymouth. At 252 feet, the Monument is an engineering marvel and the tallest granite tower in the United States. Visitors can climb the Monument’s 116 steps and 60 ramps at a leisurely pace and enjoy a breathtaking view of the entire Cape and visit our webcam for a live “View from the Top.” The Provincetown Museum at the base of the Monument presents engaging exhibitions of important chapters in our national heritage and the Town’s history and oversees Provincetown 400, the committee developing the commemorations for 2020, the 400thanniversary of the Mayflower voyage and landing in Provincetown. Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum is a non-profit educational, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. For more information please visit pilgrim-monument.org.
