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Connie Baxter Marlow and Andrew Cameron – Revising Revisionist HistoryAired Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 5:00 PM EST / 2:00 PM PSTInterview with Connie Baxter Marlow and Andrew Cameron Bailey, Researchers and Makers of the Film “Seeds of Freedom”“Instead of pulling apart in a tug-of-war, we need to pull together in a tug of peace.” — Swami BeyondanandaMy favorite pleasantly provocative and curiosity-inducing question is … “Did you know?”Did you know … that there were fifty-four years of peace and friendship between the Mayflower Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians in Plymouth Colony between 1621 and 1675?You didn’t? Neither did I until I met this week’s guests Connie Baxter Marlow and Andrew Cameron Bailey some years ago, and they told me the inspiring story of how visionary leaders of two radically different cultures met and worked together to maintain an inter-cultural exchange that became what Bailey and Marlow call the “First Great Synthesis” between Europeans and American Indians. While many – including my own