Actually, their portrayal as fashion victims is a terrible injustice that’s been done to the poor Pilgrims.
It’s all a lie: They never wore clothes like that.
In reality, the Pilgrims dressed as others of the day dressed, in various colors of clothing that would never have stood out on the streets of England.
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