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1st-Hand Account of Plymouth Colony Reprinted for 400th Anniversary
A first-hand account of the first permanent European colony in New England, including the fall harvest meal that inspired America’s Thanksgiving tradition, has been reprinted for a wider audience as Massachusetts marks 400 years since the arrival of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower this year. Massachusetts’ State Library and Plimoth Patuxet Museums (formerly Plimoth Plantation) are unveiling on Thursday a…
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Mayflower II Returns Home to Plymouth After Renovations
The Mayflower II sailed back home Monday, and a lot of people came out to celebrate safely.
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Mayflower II Makes Long-Awaited Return to Plymouth
The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 returned to the coastal town after undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation in Connecticut over the last three years.
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Mayflower II Sails Into Plymouth
Amid great fanfare, the Mayflower II finally returned to Plymouth after a three-year, multimillion-dollar restoration.
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$11M Makeover Over, the Mayflower II Is Sailing Home
The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 is preparing to embark from Connecticut after three years’ and $11.2 million worth of renovations — and several months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The beloved vessel is scheduled to be towed from the preservation shipyard at the Mystic Seaport Museum to…
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Major Milestone for Mayflower II
A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut on Saturday.
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Plymouth Living History Museum Changing Name
The museum, which was founded in 1947 and features colonial reenactors replicating life on the Puritan settlement, said the name to be unveiled later this year will be “inclusive of the Indigenous history that is part of our educational mission.”