The Mayflower, a leaky 80-foot-long British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who were determined to build a new society "for the glory of God," departed from Plymouth, England on this day in history ...

As you carve the turkey today and look around the table at your loved ones, there are important lessons you can teach both young and old about our American Thanksgiving holiday. When the Pilgrims ...

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival at Plymouth Rock and the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the first set of rules for self-governance in the New World. On Sept. 6, ...

Though the Plymouth colonists held the first-ever Thanksgiving with the Wampanoag natives -- an enduring symbol of the American spirit -- they are now disparaged. Their descendants are livid. Getty ...

History tells us that the journey across the Atlantic in the Mayflower and that first winter in the New World was tough for the English settlers known as “the Pilgrims.” But what you might not know: ...

PLYMOUTH – British and American flags waved on the waterfront Monday as they did in the same date in 1957, as Plimoth Patuxet Museums celebrated the sapphire jubilee of Mayflower II’s arrival in ...

Collectors can now start buying a new quarter celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. Released Thursday, ...

The traditional story of Thanksgiving, and by extension the Pilgrims — the one repeated in school history books and given the Peanuts treatment in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" — doesn’t start in ...

In November 1620, the Mayflower completed its voyage across the Atlantic. Before its weary passengers walked on American soil for the first time, 41 men signed their names to a simple agreement. They ...