A Summer Note from the SMDPA Governor Dear Mayflower Cousins, I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful summer weather! This is always such a vibrant time of year, with gardens in full bloom, green fields stretching out under the sun, and local farmer's markets bursting with the season's first har...

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Greetings, fellow SMDPA members! The First Spring: From 1620 Roots to a Living Legacy As the modern world shakes off the chill of winter, we, the descendants of the Mayflower, stand in a unique position of gratitude. For our ancestors, spring was not merely a change in the calendar; it was th...

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INTRODUCING YOUR NEW GOVERNOR! Greetings, fellow SMDPA members! I greatly enjoyed my three-year term as your Governor, with many accomplishments to everybody’s credit.  Wonderful relationships abounded.  Now, I am exceptionally pleased to step down and hand over the reins to Michae...

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MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR JAMES REED CAMPBELL JR.  An interesting article appeared recently in the Wall Street Journal: “You Met Grandma at a Keg Party? The Rich Order $100,000 Memoirs for Family Only,” by Rachel Louise Ensign. It described how retirees of means are commissioning their...

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MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR JAMES REED CAMPBELL JR.  Dear SMDPA members, It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joan C. Miller, age 93.  Her daughter Debra “Deb” Georgantis-Miller reported that Joan passed away in her home on Sunday, May 18, surrounded by loving f...

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