What Began 400 Years Ago In Plymouth Shaped The World For The Better
The world the pilgrims made is a testament to their resolve and daring, without which this country and the people we love so much would not exist.
Into The Unknown: The Pilgrims’ Adventurous, Risk-Taking Legacy
The inspiration to pull up stakes and strike out into the perilous unknown is a debt we owe to the Mayflower Pilgrims and first New Englanders.
How Reformed Theologians’ Commitment To Self-Rule And Resisting Tyranny Helped Form America
The Puritans were neither 21st-century liberal democrats nor intolerant theocrats, but created republican political institutions critical to the Founding.
After 400 Years, The Top Reason People Come To America Is Still Freedom
Freedom is still the reason to come to America and the reason to stay. It’s still something to be thankful for and something to fight for.
The First Thanksgiving Was A Celebration Of Abundance As Much As It Was A Relief From Loss
From the very beginning, the American tradition of Thanksgiving has become an annual celebration of the glass half full even when it’s leaking.
How America’s Adams Family Inherited And Preserved The Pilgrim Mind
Through America’s first century, the heritage of the Mayflower was notably strong in John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams, and Henry Adams.
How The Bible Inspired The American Founding From The Beginning
The depth and durability of the 400-year-old biblical roots among most Americans have been consistent with the separation of religion and state, but not the separation of religion and society.
Tom Cotton Celebrates Anniversary Of The Pilgrims’ Arrival In America, Honoring ‘Our First Founders’
“Alongside the Patriots of 1776, the Pilgrims of 1620 deserve the honor of American founders,” said Sen. Tom Cotton on the Senate floor.
Why 1620 — Not 1619 — Is A Better Representation Of The American Way
Ultimately, it is the landing of the Mayflower — far more than the landing of the first slave ship — that has largely defined America.
The Pilgrims Gave Us Immeasurable Reasons To Be Thankful Today
While the Pilgrims gave us the first Thanksgiving, which we celebrate each year, they provided us with an even more important legacy to be celebrated, the Mayflower Compact.
Bedford: Thanksgiving Is About The Founding Of Self-Governance And A New Nation
Federalist Senior Editor Christopher Bedford railed against Democratic lawmakers Wednesday cancelling Americans’ Thanksgiving plans.
How The Mayflower Compact Changed History Forever 400 Years Ago
The Mayflower Compact serves as a model for all that was to come: free people uniting under God, creating institutions by which they would rule themselves.
The Federalist Releases New ‘1620 Project’ T-Shirts In Online Store
This Plymouth Rock-colored, poly-cotton tee is soft to the touch, and as long-lasting as the Mayflower Compact.
Plymouth Rock Vandalized For The Second Time This Year
After Plymouth Rock was vandalized again, police are reportedly working ‘to try to identify the vandal through surveillance camera footage.’
Plymouth Rock, Other Historic Monuments Vandalized On Anniversary Of Pilgrims Landing
Plymouth Rock was vandalized with red spray paint in the lead up to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.