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Alden House National Historic Landmark Marker
Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: June 19, 2021
Caption: Alden House National Historic Landmark Marker
Additional Description: Besides the normal NHL language, this marker notes:

Longfellow’s 1858 poem The Courtship of Miles Standish about the romance of Mayflower passenges John Alden and Priscilla Mullins became one of America’s most popular national origin stories. This ca. 1700 house became the focus of descendants’ pride in telling the Alden story to successive generations.
Submitted: July 19, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p598281
File Size: 4.998 Megabytes

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