The Pilgrims were Separatists, believing that the church should be separate from the English crown. Their view was a more ...
Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...
What role did religion play in the genesis of the US? Rejected in their homeland, how did English Puritans become the ...
As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...
One of the first floats to start the parade route at Plymouth Rock is a replica of the Mayflower II. The original Mayflower ...
A day of festivities will be held in a Worcestershire town to celebrate a man who made history as one of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Feast, family, football, friendship... but what was the story behind the sailing flower where it all originated?
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.
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...
But as a scholar of both English and American history, I know there are significant differences ... they decided in 1620 to ...
Every November, articles recount the arrival of 17th century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious ...