Judy Forehand, deputy governor of the Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants, will speak about the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Saints and Strangers who came to America on the Mayflower.
For many, the story of Thanksgiving begins with a meal. For descendants, it begins with survival. “For 66 days, they went ...
As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Thirteen generations later ...
In February, Daniel South's grave caught the eye of Keith Kammenzind, Western colony governor for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, who discovered South's ...
On the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, local descendants of the original Mayflower passengers help keep that mythical story alive. We should be thankful they do. They sat down together ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new gravestone was unveiled on Saturday for a veteran of the French and Indian War in Carnegie. A ceremony was held at Old St. Luke's Church in Scott Township for the ...
The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants will be awarding the ninth Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants Burt & Becky Whedon Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,620 to a high school ...
Shown are members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from left, first row: Lexie Kelly, Marleta Shadduck, Bonnie Yusavage, Sarah Davis, Susanna White Winslow, ...
KALAMA — To help move forward plans for her future, a Kalama High School junior looked 402 years in the past to write a scholarship-winning essay. On Friday, the Washington State Society of Mayflower ...