The Mayflower, a leaky 80-foot-long British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who were determined to build a new society "for the glory of God," departed from Plymouth, England on this day in history ...

A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. The sleek Mayflower Autonomous Ship met with an escort boat as it approached the Massachusetts ...

In 1620, the Wompanoag — the People of the First Light — already knew that their land was a land of plenty. But for Edward Winslow, one of the Mayflower Pilgrims who dropped anchor in Provincetown on ...

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 ...

The historic Mayflower II will sail to Boston for the first time since its restoration to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ voyage in 1620. The replica of the original Mayflower will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Due to her strong bond with her grandmother, Janney was interested in learning more about the maternal side of her family. On her ...

Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new "Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for ...

Do you have Pilgrim roots? Were your ancestors on board the famed Mayflower pilgrim ship? The answers can now be found, thanks to a digitized index of passengers and their descendants. The New England ...

When Susan Choma celebrates Thanksgiving, it will be with the knowledge that she is related to one of the pilgrims, to which the American holiday traces its own roots. The General Society of Mayflower ...

Though the Plymouth colonists held the first-ever Thanksgiving with the Wampanoag natives -- an enduring symbol of the American spirit -- they are now disparaged. Their descendants are livid. Getty ...

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