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Today is: Mayflower Day
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Mayflower, a merchant ship that usually carried wine and dry goods, left Plymouth, England, on today's date in 1620, and headed for the New World...
Take a virtual tour: Mayflower Wind's 3D model offers a glimpse at offshore wind project
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW BEDFORD — You’re the captain of a 45-foot fishing boat, navigating your way through a sea of...
Sheila Hickman: The harrowing journey that led to the First Thanksgiving
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn July 1620, the Mayflower set sail from England to bring the Pilgrims to the New World. Her sister...
Today is Maryland Day. What is it and how can I celebrate? Here's what to know.
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 3 months agoToday is Maryland Day, a day marking the arrival of English settlers at an island they named St....
Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for Sept. 16
The Newport Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRise & Shine! I’m Scott Barrett, managing editor for The Daily News, and today is Sept. 16, the 259th day of the year — 106 days remain in 2022. On this...
Chart a Course: Famous Ships You Can Visit Across America and Beyond
Cheapism via AOL· 12 months agocsfotoimages/istockphoto Walk the Planks Ahoy, mate! Vacations often revolve around road trips to...
South Shore cemeteries are eternal sources of local history. Here are some famous ones
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy opened in 1855, the first person to buy a plot was Charles...
The Grinch who stole Thanksgiving
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Grinch who stole Thanksgiving Every fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather to share a Thanksgiving meal. History dates the holiday’s origins...
What you learned about the ‘first Thanksgiving’ isn’t true. Here’s the real story
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe traditional story of Thanksgiving, and by extension the Pilgrims — the one repeated in school...
Minnesota Law Library exhibit to connect Mayflower Compact to modern law
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Minnesota Law Library’s upcoming exhibit and Continuing Legal Education program will transport visitors to the development of the first framework of government in a future United States ...
