By Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Over the years, the historic ship Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620 has been honored by various namesakes, Of course there was another 17th century ship of that name that brought Separatists to settle in Salem, Plymouth Colony in 1629, but she was...

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By Duane A. Cline Modern history easily confuses the Mayflower Pilgrims with the Puritans who followed later in the 17th Century. At the Twenty-Second General Congress of the Society of Mayflower Descendants held in Plymouth on September 13, 1960, the following resolution previously proposed by De...

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By Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr. The following poem is without author attribution (but see below). It appeared in the March 1846, Vol. III No. III issue, pages 249-50, of The American Review – A Wig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science To Understand the Constitution. You may find it to be ...

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By John M. Hunt, Jr. In his great book "Mayflower", Nathaniel Philbrick "focused," as he put it in the preface, "on two people," William Bradford (the governor, "pious and stalwart") and Benjamin Church (the Indian fighter, "audacious and proud"). Both men wrote revealingly about their lives in the...

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To our loyal members, With Spring on our doorstep and the ground hog blessings, 2019 is off and running. We are about to switch our website over to Star Chapter. It promises to offer better service to all members…stay tuned. www.sail1620.org Thanks to all that have paid your dues timely! If...

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