David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the ...

Mayflower II will close to visitors in July as the historic ship prepares to join the Sail Boston 2026 celebration.

The boat that was made in England in 1957 was inspired by the ship the Pilgrims took across the Atlantic to land in ...

Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new "Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. In 1620, the Mayflower ship set sail from Plymouth, England on ...

The original Mayflower, which set sail from Plymouth on 16 September, 1620, before finding safe harbour in what the settlers would come to know as New Plymouth on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, the community where it first took place continues to grapple with the legacy of the arrival of the Mayflower, the ship that 400 ...

Ever heard Americans talking about the pilgrims or Thanksgiving? Well it's all down to a ship that left England on this day 400 years ago. On 16 September 1620, the ship called the Mayflower set sail ...