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'Mayflower' replica to set sail©Associated PressApril 28, 2002 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A full-size copy of the Mayflower will visit Rhode Island this summer to help the nation's smallest state celebrate Independence Day in a big way. The Mayflower II will sail from Massachusetts' Plimoth Plantation to Newport and then to Providence. Powered only by its linen canvas sails, the wooden ship will travel for two days along the Massachusetts coast and then up into Narragansett Bay. Aboard the Mayflower were some of the nation's first settlers. It never stopped in Rhode Island. The Mayflower II was built as a gift from Great Britain to the United States. The Rhode Island voyage will be the sixth trip the ship has taken since its first trans-Atlantic voyage in 1957. Aboard the Mayflower II will be a crew and passengers dressed in 17th-century clothing and speaking in the accents of the period. They will disembark at India Point Park, where they will set up a small pilgrim village. Tourism officials say the visit will mark Providence's biggest Fourth of July celebration in years. The ship is slated to arrive in the city on June 30. Visitors will be able to tour the ship and speak with the crew members, who will describe the conditions of the harsh voyage. On July 3, there will be a concert by the Rhode Island Philharmonic and a fireworks display.
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