Through dramatic re-enactments, tells the story of the years leading up to the Pilgrims' decision to leave England for the New World, the grueling journey across the Atlantic, and of their struggles during the year after their arrival.

Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors,...