Van Young will present the November BWAHS Program Squanto: The True Story of the Native American Behind the First Thanksgiving.

Without this Squanto’s help as an interpreter, negotiator, and agricultural advisor, our Mayflower Pilgrims may not have lived through their early years at Plymouth. Their survival, albeit our survival, depended on this one man. Without him, we may be all speaking French, Spanish, or some other European language. His help contributed to the success of the Plymouth plantation, and the other colonies who will soon follow. Come and learn this fascinating and inspiring story.

Van Young is a regular presenter at the Myers Inn Museum and his programs are always excellent.

As always, our monthly Big Walnut Area Historical Society programs are free and open to the public.