Q&A with Plimoth Plantation Ship Restoration Expert Whit Perry

For “Handmade in New England” (season 4, episode 7),  just in time for the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing in the New World, Weekends with Yankee traveled to Mystic, Connecticut, where co-host Richard Wiese hops aboard the newly restored Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction of the tall ship on which the Pilgrims made their historic […]

By Aimee Tucker|May 15 2020| Print icon

As a Massachusetts kid, Whit Perry explored the Mayflower II on field trips to Plimoth Plantation. Today he’s helping ensure that future generations can experience this one-of-a-kind replica, too.

Credit: Ian Aldrich

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