 Alden House HIstoric Site, Duxbury, Massachusetts Image by Kenneth C. Zirkel, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Craig AldenJohn and Priscilla Alden Family Sites John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites Historic house in Massachusetts, United States The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Both properties are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony who came to America on board the Mayflower and held numerous posts of importance in the colony. Alden and his relationship with Priscilla Mullins were memorialized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in The Courtship of Miles Standish, a fictionalized narrative poem that made the story a piece of American folklore. Quick facts Location, Coordinates ... John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites U.S. National Register of… (Source: Wikipedia)
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