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Greetings! The Society of Mayflower Descendants in Delaware welcomes you to its website. We are one of fifty-two societies in the United States and Canada formed under the auspices of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants which was founded at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1897. Our membership consists of individuals who have proven their descent from one or more of the passengers who sailed from Holland and England to New England in the fall of 1620 aboard the ship Mayflower, and established an English colony there at a place they named Plymouth, located in what is now Massachusetts. Thirty-seven men and fourteen women of the original 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower have descendants, and genealogists estimate that today, almost four hundred years later, there are over twenty million living persons who descend from those twenty nine Pilgrims.
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2020 Calendar of EVENTS
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Delaware Spring Reception
SUNDAY, MAY 17th
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Chadd's Ford Historical Society with possible John Chad's House and Sanderson Museum
Separation Day Parade & Festival
SATURDAY, JUNE 13th
New Castle, DE. Parade begins at 11 am. https://www.separationdayde.com/schedule.php
Colonial BBQ competition along with live music, arts & crafts, vendors, kids rides and attractions. BBQ and chicken wings will be for sale!
Cruise into History
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
A Boston Harbor tour on a private yacht!
6 - 9 pm Dinner
http://cruiseintohistory.com/
American Pilgrimage 400
SUNDAY, JUNE 28th - THURSDAY, JULY 2nd
Plymouth, MA
From the official website - https://www.plymouth400inc.org/event/american-pilgrimage-400/:
"Join us for:
Let Freedom Ring
SATURDAY, JULY 4th
11:45 am, Emmanuel Church
New Castle, DE
Event held by the Sons of the American Revolution in the State of Delaware - https://dessar.org/index.php
General Society of the Mayflower Descendants Annual Congress & 2020 Celebratory Week
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th
Plymouth, MA
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/
A Seminar to remember the 400th Anniversary of the Landing of the Mayflower
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th
10:00 am - 2:30 pm at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Copeland Lecture Hall
Featuring programs entitled, "Myth, Memory, and the Mayflower: Understanding 1620 Today," by Catherine Dann Roeber Ph.D., "Pilgrim Pathways," and "New Discoveries in Pilgrim Scholarship," by Caleb Johnson, MBA
"Great Migration" books author Robert Anderson
More details and registration to follow as they become available.
*Sponsored by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware*
Thanksgiving Remembered
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
Time and details to be announced
Bible Fellowship Church of Newark, DE
https://www.facebook.com/Thanksgiving-Remembered-105010950966877/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Compact Day Luncheon & Annual Meeting
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st
Vicmead Hunt Club
Wilmington, DE
SUNDAY, MAY 17th
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Chadd's Ford Historical Society with possible John Chad's House and Sanderson Museum
Separation Day Parade & Festival
SATURDAY, JUNE 13th
New Castle, DE. Parade begins at 11 am. https://www.separationdayde.com/schedule.php
Colonial BBQ competition along with live music, arts & crafts, vendors, kids rides and attractions. BBQ and chicken wings will be for sale!
Cruise into History
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
A Boston Harbor tour on a private yacht!
6 - 9 pm Dinner
http://cruiseintohistory.com/
American Pilgrimage 400
SUNDAY, JUNE 28th - THURSDAY, JULY 2nd
Plymouth, MA
From the official website - https://www.plymouth400inc.org/event/american-pilgrimage-400/:
"Join us for:
- A narrated reenactment of the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock.
- Descendants of the Mayflower, Pilgrims, Native Americans and representatives of Holland and England tell their stories.
- Guided historic tours of Plymouth, Boston, Cape Cod, and Salem.
- Period and patriotic music commemorating the Pilgrims and America.
- The role of the Pilgrims in our history, presented by historians and commentators.
- Professional dramatic performances of the “Venture of 1620” presented by The Academy of Arts."
Let Freedom Ring
SATURDAY, JULY 4th
11:45 am, Emmanuel Church
New Castle, DE
Event held by the Sons of the American Revolution in the State of Delaware - https://dessar.org/index.php
General Society of the Mayflower Descendants Annual Congress & 2020 Celebratory Week
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th
Plymouth, MA
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/
A Seminar to remember the 400th Anniversary of the Landing of the Mayflower
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th
10:00 am - 2:30 pm at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Copeland Lecture Hall
Featuring programs entitled, "Myth, Memory, and the Mayflower: Understanding 1620 Today," by Catherine Dann Roeber Ph.D., "Pilgrim Pathways," and "New Discoveries in Pilgrim Scholarship," by Caleb Johnson, MBA
"Great Migration" books author Robert Anderson
More details and registration to follow as they become available.
*Sponsored by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware*
Thanksgiving Remembered
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
Time and details to be announced
Bible Fellowship Church of Newark, DE
https://www.facebook.com/Thanksgiving-Remembered-105010950966877/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Compact Day Luncheon & Annual Meeting
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st
Vicmead Hunt Club
Wilmington, DE
Anyone wanting a program on the Mayflower or the Pilgrims, may contact David Bradford at david.m.bradford@gmail.com. The Delaware Society has two members that go to schools or groups. These members dress in Pilgrim attire and bring to life the incredible journey of our forefathers.
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