Another Mayflower descendant and teacher, D’Ann Nash, 48, in Terrebonne, Ore., asks her high-school students to read parts of “Of Plymouth Plantation,” the “warts and all” history of the ...

The Mayflower has quite a storied history. It served in three wars, beginning with the Spanish-American War, was the presidential yacht under five presidents, ...

It’s the looming 400th anniversary of one of the seminal events in American history: the arrival of the Mayflower, which will be marked in Boston and in Provincetown and Plymouth, where the ...

On Sept. 16, 1620, the Mayflower — an 80-foot British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who wanted to build a new world — departed from Plymouth, England, on this day in history.

Mayflower descendant Vicky Cosstick poses for a portrait in the back garden of her home in the town of Seaford, on the south coast of England, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship will sail from England to the United States on its own to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ voyage, gathering scientific data along the way.

All partners are stressing a more inclusive history. The legacy of the Mayflower endures today. Some 25 million Americans descend from the Pilgrims on board, including at least nine U.S. presidents.

A HISTORY OF THE MAYFLOWER. The Mayflower was a three-masted ship, most likely between 90 and 110 feet long, that carried the people who came to be known a Pilgrims from England to Plymouth in 1620.

A three-year, multimillion restoration of the Mayflower II will debut during the Mayflower Sails 2020 event — also scheduled will be music, tours and a beer garden at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Nobody can say for sure where the Mayflower came from and, to complicate matters, Mayflower was a popular ship name, with more than two dozen ships of the same name sailing the seas at the time.