Show PILGRIMS FAST DAY P PREVIOUS to the start ot of the pilgrims from leyden holland on their trip to america a solemn day of tasting fasting was decreed the day before leaving the day of july 1020 after the landing in plymouth the colonists experienced great hardships an and as a means of evidencing their reliance on almighty god a solemn lay day of fasting was nas n as proclaimed for wednesday the day of july 1623 on this day no eio food was partaken partaker par taken of from sunrise to sunset but the entire day was spent in religious observance and prayer washington star |