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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Summer Picnic

(04May2009) SMDPA’s Summer Picnic will be held Saturday, August 8, 2009. Where? You guessed it! Conestoga House in Lancaster. Time: Noon to 5. Honored guest will be Governor General Judy Swan. Watch for details coming soon.
 
The Vrouwekerk – Now and Then

Jeremy D. Bangs, PhD at the Vrouwekerk ruinsSome symbols – even when they exist as partial remains of an old church in the Dutch city of Leiden – may be considered by some as having no special value and just as it appears – an old ruin. To others it is a heritage, a place where ancestors walked, worshipped, shaped our lives and our ideals. This symbol is the Vrouwekerk!
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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

(30Jan2000) The establishment of Plymouth Colony by the Pilgrims in 1620 and the 1636 establishment of Rhode Island by Roger Williams were voted the eighth most important religion story of the second Christian millennium by the Religion Newswriters Association which consists of writers and editors who cover religion on a regular basis for the secular media in the US and Canada.
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