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Packing heat at the first Thanksgiving: The Mayflower wheellock rifle (PHOTOS+ VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

One of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony at the first Thanksgiving was John Alden, and a vintage rifle belonging to him has survived some 396 years.

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