In November 1620, the Mayflower completed its voyage across the Atlantic. Before its weary passengers walked on American soil for the first time, 41 men signed their names to a simple agreement. They ...
Just over four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the Mayflower, a Virginia Company merchant ship from England bound for the New World. While the passengers had no idea what their ...
Note to readers: Arizona Daily Star copy editor Myles Standish is the great-great-great-gr­eat-great-great-great­-great-grandson of Myles Standish, who was among the 41 men who signed the Mayflower ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Plimoth Patuxet Deputy Executive Director Richard Pickering explained how the Pilgrims landed in New England. He talked about the creation, and ...
With the Thanksgiving season upon us, a group of scholars is meeting today to discuss the Mayflower Compact, in a webinar series honoring the 400th anniversary of the signing of this quintessential ...
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. On November 11, 1620, English settlers arrived in the New World seeking religious freedom. But when the Pilgrims landed near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, they quickly realized they ...
Nov. 11 is an important day in America. Not only does the country honor its veterans, but it is a day when, 400 years ago, a small group of Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, a document that ...
Gov. Henry McMaster recently signed Act No. 68 (H4267) designating Nov. 21 as Mayflower Compact Day in South Carolina. This officially recognizes the first written document of self-government on ...
When Sykesville resident Nelson Bolton’s children were in school, they learned about the journey of the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. For other students the lessons were ...
After an arduous journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the colonists we call the Pilgrims were faced with a monumental decision: What to do next? Blown off course by massive storms, the weary ...
Mayflower Compact 400th anniversary: Members of the New Plimmoth Gard mark the Mayflower Compact anniversary in Provincetown. PLYMOUTH – While many Americans marked the signing of the Mayflower ...