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 ...
Essex is well-known for its commuter value, where many of the county's residents can hop on a train to London in no time.
It is worth remembering the original story of the Pilgrims’ embarkation on the Mayflower as recorded in Gov. William Bradford ...
This Thanksgiving, as we gather around our tables, let us give thanks for the men and women who dared to dream, who risked ...
Letter writers debate the origins of Thanksgiving, praise help for caregivers, discuss the basis of gun control and lament ...
Were there any dogs or cats on the Mayflower? Presumably so. When the Mayflower reached Massachusetts in 1620, there were 102 ...
The American Puritans of the 1630s and beyond were more ardent, and nervous about salvation, than the Pilgrims of the 1620s.
This is a list of the passengers on board the Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of Plymouth Colony in ...
Life in the “New Word” is markedly different since the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock more than 400 years ago. Since then, ...