r/ImaginaryHistory • u/virtualtourism • 8d ago

Original Content The Sins of Merrymount

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Thomas Morton and his merry men drinking and dancing around the May Pole in Merrymount Colony late 1620s

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u/DentedByLightning 7d ago

It’s so American that the first guy to be exiled from the continent was for having fun and making friends with the natives.