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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...
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...
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...
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 ...