Towards a Local History of Interwar Anglo - American Relations: Commemorating the Pilgrim Fathers on the Humber, <i>c</i>.1918–1925

This article examines the history of an overlooked monument to so-called ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ dedicated at Immingham, Humberside, in September 1925. Drawing upon contemporary press coverage as well rather limited extant archival record, connects overlapping local, national and international contexts, including Anglo-American diplomatic rapprochement post-1890 period, Mayflower Tercentenary 1920, post-1918 economic challenges Hull surrounding region, transatlantic tensions which emerged after war (especially around naval disarmament Treaty Versailles). In doing so, shifts attention away from far more familiar south coast geography associated with commemorations Pilgrim Fathers, it reveals important role played project by civic municipal elites, its broadest uncovers what might be reasonably termed local relations period.