<p><span class="deck">Had Thomas Morton raised his maypole anywhere but next door to the Pilgrims, history and legend probably would have no record of him, his town, or his “lascivious” revels.</span></p>
<p><span class="body">Strictly speaking, the high-spirited gathering was a harvest festival, not a thanksgiving.</span></p>
<p>The story of the Pilgrims’ journey in 1620, and the voyage of <em>Mayflower II</em> in 1957, are still sources of inspiration today.</p>
