![\"thxgiving](\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thxgiving-image-300x300.jpg\")
Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> Documentarian Ric Burns turns his attention to those seasonal stars of American history, the Pilgrims<\/strong>.<\/em> Airing on the American Experience<\/strong><\/em> series, the two-hour film seeks to go beyond the myths and lore to present a more truthful account of these religious radicals. Scenes shot aboard the Mayflower II (the only full-scale replica of the Pilgrims\u2019 vessel in existence) and in Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Mass., add to the film\u2019s poignancy. (If Plimoth looks familiar, it’s because that’s where PBS’ Colonial House<\/em> was filmed.)<\/p>\nTuesday, Nov. 24, at 9 p.m.<\/strong> The Pilgrims get the lion\u2019s share of attention, but the settlers at Jamestown, Va., predated them by 13 years. Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown\u2019s Dark Winter<\/strong><\/em> is not the usual holiday fare. Instead, the show derives from an archaeological find that has historians rethinking the narrative about the first permanent English settlement in North America. Was the 14-year-old girl whose bones were found in a cellar a victim of murder or something even more sinister?<\/p>\n