Interesting and unusual facts about the English Puritans. The surest way to conjure up images of repression, joylessness, self-righteousness, and hypocrisy is to call something or someone "Puritan." ...

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Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious freedom. Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay ...

THANKSGIVING MAY be the one day a year when the Puritans, those early American settlers who came to the new world seeking "purity" in worship, actually get a break. We get a terrific feast, and ...