Photo: Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Credit: Hscott0024; Wikimedia Commons.

Pilgrim Monument Dedication, Part II

By Melissa Berry on December 21, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry concludes her story about the dedication ceremony for the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Pilgrim Monument Dedication, Part I

By Melissa Berry on December 20, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the dedication ceremony for the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Illustration: "Thanksgiving at Plymouth," by Jennie A. Brownscombe, 1925. Credit: National Museum of Women in the Arts; Wikimedia Commons.

Thanksgiving Mayflower Story

By Melissa Berry on November 22, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the origins of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving in America... (Read More)

Photo: Nina Olds Enegren. Courtesy of her granddaughter Sandra Taylor.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part VI

By Melissa Berry on October 20, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the White, Enegren and Olds families... (Read More)

Photo: Mayflower generations: Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916) with her great-great-grandnephew, Rolland Denny Lamping (1907-1980), son of George Butler Lamping and Edith Dillon Denny and the great-grandson of Arthur and Mary Ann Denny in Seattle, circa 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part V

By Melissa Berry on October 18, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the pioneers who founded Seattle, Washington... (Read More)

Illustration: James Leonard Plimpton and his wife Harriet Amelia Adams. Courtesy of the Society of Plimpton Descendants.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part IV

By Melissa Berry on October 14, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the Plimpton family line... (Read More)

Photo: two images of Clara Endicott Sears. Courtesy of the Fruitland Museum Archives, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part III

By Melissa Berry on October 12, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on Clara Endicott Sears... (Read More)

Photo: a close-up of the “SparrowHawk” on exhibit, Boston Common, 1865. Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part II

By Melissa Berry on October 7, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

Photo: Souther Barnes (second from left) and his sister Mercie Barnes (third from left) greet guests to the Harlow Old Fort House for the Pilgrim Breakfast on 6 July 1941. The cost was only 50 cents. Courtesy of Plymouth Antiquarian Society Archives, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part I

By Melissa Berry on October 5, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series, profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

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