In November 1620, the Mayflower completed its voyage across the Atlantic. Before its weary passengers walked on American soil for the first time, 41 men signed their names to a simple agreement.

The Mayflower Compact, brief as it is, is worthy of more attention than it has thus far received on this 400th anniversary, during a year in which so much attention has been focused on America’s ...

Driven far off course by gales and rough seas as they crossed the Atlantic in the fall of 1620, the Mayflower’s 102 passengers made landfall at a spot much farther north than they had planned.

Four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the Mayflower, a Virginia Company merchant ship from England bound for the New World.

An imagining of the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock in 1620 is depicted in an engraving by Joseph Andrews (1806-1873) after a painting by P.F. Rothermel (1812-1895), 1869.

The Mayflower Compact ... The words reflect an agreement forged by English colonists in November 1620, ... So perhaps it’s time for a new civil compact — one of mutual respect that can ...

A group of scholars explored the history of the Mayflower Compact, the document signed by the Mayflower passengers shortly before their arrival in North America in 1620, and what lessons can be ...

The Mayflower Compact and William Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation" are two documents that give a window into what the men and women of Plymouth Colony went through to survive, and they hold ...

When he looked back on the circumstances to draft the Mayflower Compact in 1620, Gov. William Bradford wrote that where some of the passengers were “ not well affected to ...

We're thankful that Pilgrims — including the famous forebear of an Arizona Daily Star editor — had the wisdom to create this social contract.

Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (Wikimedia) Share 23 Comments Listen. By Rich Lowry. About Rich Lowry; Follow Rich Lowry on X; November 24, 2016 1:00 AM.