Welcome to Sail1620.org, home of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Society consists of descendants of the Pilgrims, the 102 English passengers who came to New England from Holland and England aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620.

Our multi-award winning Web site is designed to be a fun as well as educational road map to this corner of 17th century history. Within the pages of this website we have tried to provide you with useful information, not just about our state society, but also a clear and factual reference to the lives and history of the Pilgrim Forefathers, the Plymouth Colony, and their ship the Mayflower.

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Book Review: Strangers and Pilgrims, Travellers and Sojourners
Written by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr.   
Pilgrims and StrangersAt last! Jeremy Bangs’ long awaited comprehensive history of the Pilgrims, Strangers and Pilgrims, Travellers and Sojourners - Leiden and the Foundations of Plymouth Plantation has finally been published. When one reads some of the previously published Pilgrim history, it is something like looking at paintings in a museum, especially “history paintings,” where you get the viewpoint of the artist based on his or her biases and knowledge. What Dr. Bangs has provided is a step further; not presenting the “Hogwarts” framed images where the subjects move as they had in life, but rather he lets us step through the frame into the past.
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PA Mayflower Newsletter

The Fall 2009 edition of the SMDPA Newsletter is now available for download. Get your FREE copy today.
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SAIL1620 Presents 2 Great Educational Tools
Mayflower and MeMAYFLOWER AND ME
The intent of this K-12 curriculum project, “Mayflower and Me,” is to develop one special curriculum on the “Pilgrim Story,” and offer it through the Education Committee of The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (SMDPA). Click here to learn more.		Pilgrims: The and Now

PILGRIMS: THEN AND NOW
In 1990 the State Society sponsored its own publication about the Pilgrims and how their covenant concept "played a major role in the formation of the church to which they pledged mutual aid in the care of one another." Their similar pledge with the native Americans promoted peace for fifty-five years. Thousands of copies have been distributed to schools, scout groups, etc. as well as each new State Society member. Click here to learn more.
 

SMDPA News

(22DEC2009) Mariner Peter Arenstam will be the 12th annual recipient of our Katharine Fox Little Distinguished Mayflower Scholarship Award at the luncheon following our 113th Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, January 23, 2010. We cite him for his imparting 17th century Pilgrim maritime history.
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