Tonight, June 24th is "The Photo Angel" Virtual Lecture with Kate Kelley. Kate Kelley started a new venture that began with a pile of labeled photos of non-relatives mixed in with her grandparents’ old family pictures. Not certain who they were, she started poking around genealogy websites and immediately began connecting with relatives of the photographed. She loves to visit antique stores to thumb through their pictures in her quest to find labeled photos so that she may return them to their family members. One woman affectionately dubbed her, “The Photo Angel.” The purpose of this project is to inspire others to dig out their dusty attic boxes and visit antique stores for photos with identifying information to reunite with families. The Photo Angel project has been featured on NBC’s The Today Show, Family Tree Magazine, The Daughters of the American Revolution’s American Spirit and several other news media outlets. Tune in tonight here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82886951584?pwd=T8gnA0AY6lxuesVW1f7qgZPICkpSef.1#success #TheMayflowerSociety #VirtualLectureSeries #ThePhotoAngel (fb)

Today is World Music Day! One of the instruments that the Pilgrims brought with them on the Mayflower was a drum. In addition to being useful during militia drills and parades, the drum could be used to get the attention of the town and signal events. Mourt's Relation mentions a drum at the first meeting between the Pilgrims and the Massasoit "Then instantly came our governor with drum and trumpet after him, and some few musketeers." In 1627 Isaack de Rasieres, a Dutch visitor from New Amsterdam, wrote in a letter that Plymouth used a drum to signal Sunday church service. "They assemble by beat of drum, each with his musket or firelock, in front of the captain's door" Image courtesy The Rijksmuseum #WorldMusicDay #Drum #TheMayflowerSociety (fb)