This was the Mayflower, the ship that took two months to cross the Atlantic from Plymouth and gave birth to Thanksgiving
Feast, family, football, friendship... but what was the story behind the sailing flower where it all originated?
The origins of the US: How the Puritan Pilgrim Fathers 'made their place in history'
What role did religion play in the genesis of the US? Rejected in their homeland, how did English Puritans become the ...
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?
Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?
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Pilgrim myths: Don’t believe everything your kindergarten teacher told you
From the landing on Plymouth Rock to the harmonious feast with the native Wampanoags, the story about the Pilgrims is rife ...
Historian shares true story of the Pilgrims, first Thanksgiving
What makes the story of 102 Pilgrims so unique and important to American history is their unyielding commitment to religious freedom, justice, and civil government.
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
The Pilgrims were Separatists, believing that the church should be separate from the English crown. Their view was a more ...
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How a Girl Named Remember, Age 5, and Her Fellow Pilgrims Endured the Crossing of the North Atlantic To Reach America
As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...
10 facts you might not know about the Mayflower and Thanksgiving
While many know the story of Thanksgiving, there are details often left out. For one, only 52 of the 130 pilgrims who set sail on the Mayflower survived the first year after reaching what is now ...
How the first Pilgrims and the Puritans differed in their views on religion and respect for Native Americans
But as a scholar of both English and American history, I know there are significant differences ... they decided in 1620 to ...
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The changing dates of Thanksgiving throughout history
Thanksgiving is truly an American holiday. School children in their earliest years color pictures of the Pilgrims, Indigenous ...
From the Mayflower to the Midwest: The Illinois connection to Thanksgiving’s history
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...
Why the first Thanksgiving may not have had the Pilgrims
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...