Broadcast: 27th November 1935

Starring: Various

Added: Nov 27 2003

At Thanksgiving time when our nation and our people reflect on the many things for which we should be thankful we cannot fail to include thanks for the American spirit of self-reliance which is so well illustrated by this episode of the Cavalcade of America.

From the early days of our country America and her communities have been solving their own problems without asking for outside aid. Let us go back to the year 1620 for sixty-five days the good ship Mayflower has been buffeted by seas and winds. On board are brave souls seeking a home in the new world. They had planned to land somewhere along the Delaware River but waves and weather have carried them far off their course. When on November 9th the pilgrims finally sight land it proves not to be the shore they are seeking but the rock bound coast of New Eng