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.

What started as a restaurant renovation in a nearly century-old farmhouse turned into the unexpected discovery of a long-lost love story—sealed away for decades in the ceiling of a Mayflower home.

Racial activist and former fugitive Angela Davis was shocked to learn she is a Mayflower descendent on Tuesday’s episode of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS.

Mayflower Brewing Co. in Plymouth, MA, has been acquired by Hog Island Beer Co. The sale includes Mayflower's brewery, taproom, and beer garden, but the brand will remain. Hog Island Beer Co ...

MAYFLOWER, Ark. — Fire officials are now investigating a deadly fire that happened at a home in Mayflower on Wednesday morning. According to reports, at about 6:00 a.m. on January 15, the ...

When the Mayflower pilgrims and the Wampanoag sat down for the first Thanksgiving in 1621, it wasn’t actually that big of a deal. Likely, it was just a routine English harvest celebration. More ...

Angela Davis in New York City on February 21, 2023. (Joy Malone / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

A piece of colonial history is set to begin its voyage home. The Mayflower II will return to Plymouth following months of restoration work in Mystic, Connecticut.. The replica of the ship that ...

The Mayflower is opening its doors to the public at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 2. It is located in an iconic building in downtown Troy that started out as a theater in the 1920s and at one point housed ...

Since the Mayflower II landed in Plymouth in 1957, more than 25 million have stepped on board to visit it, the museum says. The replica had $11.2 million worth of repairs finished in 2020.

Pete Seeger Biographical Timeline. February 27, 2008. 1919 1919. Born May 3 to Charles and Constance Seeger, music professors whose families traced their ancestry back to the Mayflower.