As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...

Winslow, who was at the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 and is the only person we know who wrote about it, sent the following letter to a friend in 1621. In 1622, this letter was printed in a ...

This Thanksgiving, as we gather around our tables, let us give thanks for the men and women who dared to dream, who risked ...

The Mayflower compact is a significant historical document, the "wave-rocked cradle of our liberties", as one historian evocatively put it. Signed by the Pilgrims and the so-called Strangers ...

Were there any dogs or cats on the Mayflower? Presumably so. When the Mayflower reached Massachusetts in 1620, there were 102 ...

Feast, family, football, friendship... but what was the story behind the sailing flower where it all originated?

First, the Mayflower Compact was signed on Nov. 11, 1620. The Mayflower’s original destination was near the mouth of the ...

Thanksgiving is one of the most cherished holidays in America, as it is firmly rooted in family, community, and above all, ...