Wednesday, November 16

About this time of year I like remembering the difference between Plymouth, Jamestown and Roanoke.

Plymouth colony was where 102 Pilgrims of the Mayflower settled in 1620 in Massachusetts seeking religious freedom.

Jamestown was settled in 1607 in Virginia by 104 individuals sent by King James of England for commercial purposes.

Roanoke Island, off the Virginia coast, was where 117 of the first permanent English settlers sent by the Virginia Company settled in 1587.   Nearly three years later when a supply team returned to the colony from England they found everyone gone, their disappearance remains a mystery.