There were 102 passengers and around 30 crew that set sail on the Mayflower in September 1620 - some of them were fleeing religious persecution in England, but others were travelling to America to ...

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

A cargo hold, just 5 feet tall and divided up with canvas - this is what served as the living quarters for the 102 passengers ...

Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?

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

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

In Plymouth, Thanksgiving is observed in two different ways; Pilgrim's Progress, which celebrates the survival of the ...

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 ...

George Washington was not a passenger on board the Mayflower, a confused conflation that on occasions has been mistakenly made - although nine US presidents can trace their bloodlines to those who ...