SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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Dec. 21, 1620
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Sept. 6, 1620
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Sept. 21, 1620
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Sept. 6, 2016
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mayflower set sail from England in July 1620, but it had to turn back twice because Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with, leaked. After deciding to leave the leaky Speedwell behind, Mayflower finally got underway on September 6, 1620.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 6, 1620, 396 years ago today, Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with many of the 102 passengers praying for safe passage across the Atlantic Ocean in route to their new colony in America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mayflower set sail on 16th September 1620 from Plymouth, UK, to voyage to America. But its history and story start long before that.
Detailed explanation-5: -After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620. Most likely taken apart by Rotherhithe shipbreaker c. 1624.