Plymouth 400
Orleans Historical Commission is a proud partner in Plymouth 400.
Commission chair Ron Petersen has written several articles:
- Plymouth Rock, Legend or Myth
- When Plymouth almost moved to Nauset
- Plymouth Colony: Legends, lore and fact
- The unheralded role of Capt. John Smith
- The nefarious deeds of Captain Thomas Hunt
- The Sparrow-hawk and the Pilgrims
- Plymouth 400 and Orleans: There’s a connection
- Commentary: In Orleans, a treasure lost
- Orleans History: Recalling the U-boat attack of 1918
- Commentary: Historic preservation’s tools of the trade
- Orleans History: When war came to shore
- Orleans History: Ode to the ‘Yellow house’
- A Compact: A foundation of self-governing