Steering our future, inspired by the past.
Mayflower 400 | 400th Anniversary 1620 — 2020
Foreword There is a golden thread running through the past six centuries of global history to the present day. It was woven from some profound values of personal liberty and freedom under the law, principles that are fundamental to all democratic nations in the world today. Originally spun from the fibres of Magna Carta it then threaded its way through various English and Dutch communities before becoming the Mayflower’s most precious, if invisible, cargo. It found early new expression off the Massachusetts’ coast in the wording of the Mayflower Compact and following decades of refinement, became distilled into the American Declaration of Independence. Today the other end of that golden thread is securely woven into the Constitution of the United States of America, the most powerful nation on Earth.
It is also why the Mayflower’s voyage lies symbolically at the heart of the ‘special relationship’ between American and British nations, a relationship rich in personal friendships and shared culture and encapsulated in the military alliance that has endured for over a century shoulder to shoulder through two World Wars.
As ordinary English men and women the Mayflower’s passengers were heir to the freedoms and protections enshrined in Magna Carta and yet they found themselves subject to repression and persecution because of their religious beliefs. To find the true freedom they craved they had to venture halfway around the world and build a new community based on values that would protect them from any such future repression and with thanksgiving to the Native American people without whom they would most certainly have perished.
Our thanks to the American Ambassador Matthew Barzun for his continuing support for Mayflower 400 and for generously hosting a reception at his home Winfield House for the international partnership in September 2016.
That is why, along with separatist refugees and crew members, their possessions and supplies, the Mayflower also carried on board quite literally the seed of the soul of what became the modern American nation.
Charles Courtenay and Allison Joy Langer Earl and Countess of Devon
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I am delighted, therefore, to be Patron of the Mayflower 400 programme, which is dedicated to commemorating that most influential journey in global maritime history. Through its forward-looking political, economic, educational and cultural programmes it aims to provide a legacy for generations to come inspired by the shared values of freedom and humanity. This ambitious venture is led by the ‘2020 Mayflower Compact’, an international alliance of thirteen American, Dutch and English communities and I wish them every success on their exciting journey towards 2020.
Illuminate and Thanksgiving Parade, Plymouth, UK
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Our shared vision… Over the past three years this international partnership of thirteen communities led by Plymouth, Massachusetts and Plymouth, England has worked together on the historic 400th anniversary. Both partners have their own vision of the importance and significance of this commemoration to their respective nations and the world. Although cultural emphasis and local aims may vary to some degree, we are united in our vision to celebrate the enduring shared values of freedom at the heart of our national identities.
United Kingdom
United States of America
2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower; an event of global significance resonating down through those four centuries.
America is poised for an anniversary of international significance; the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage and founding of Plymouth colony.
The Mayflower Pilgrims’ principles of individual liberty and freedom first took root in the UK, were nurtured in Holland and then flowered in America. Their values have since guided all modern democracies.
The crossing of the Mayflower in 1620 and the relationship between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag are iconic moments in America’s narrative which ultimately changed the course of world history.
As a story of adversity and welcome, written across borders and continents, the commemoration of their voyage offers the opportunity to learn from our shared past to inform our joint futures.
While this is a global commemoration, it marks the beginning of American democracy. Told for the first time from both the English and Wampanoag perspectives, Pilgrim and Native American descendants are working together to create a 400th anniversary that is historically accurate and culturally inclusive; connecting individuals across the globe through educational, cultural and historic events, exhibits and programmes.
Mayflower 400 is a five-year programme of community, creative, educational and capital investment, celebrating our humanity, our international solidarity and our diversity of culture and belief. It will explore, explain and give thanks for the Pilgrim travellers’ impact on world history, refreshing the lessons of their legacy.
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Through the themes of exploration, innovation, self-governance, religious freedom, immigration and thanksgiving, it will honor a collective past and engage people worldwide in building a brighter future.
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Aims This landmark anniversary will be an opportunity for our nations to: • Highlight the significance of the special relationship between our countries underpinned by the values of freedom, democracy and shared humanity • Develop rich community, cultural, economic, military, educational, youth and scientific links between our nations • Increase visitor, educational and business investment in our communities • Exchange knowledge, best practice and collaborative research, improving the skills of our communities, workforces and businesses • Commemorate the legacy of the Mayflower’s lineage with millions of Americans that are its direct descendants • Explore the true history of the Native Americans, the English and Dutch Pilgrims and those many people and places that played an essential part in this world changing journey
‘ Just as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many’ – Governor William Bradford, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
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Steering our future, inspired by the past.
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US schoolchildren at the Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, UK
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Wampanoag USA The Mayflower Pilgrims remain revered for their charity, honour, strong family and social values, stable self-government and spiritual belief in a Creator. But those values were actually already long established in America before their arrival. The Wampanoag Confederation had lived on the Eastern seaboard for thousands of years before the first European traders and fishermen arrived. They inadvertently brought devastating diseases. There were also acts of deliberate deceit – as when 24 Native Americans were lured on board a ship in 1614 and carried to Spain as slaves. One, Tisquantum, somehow found passage to England, learnt English and became a trusted adviser to transatlantic merchant adventurers. He finally returned to his home village of Patuxet in 1619, to find that his family and almost all who lived there had been wiped out by plague. Their abandoned lands, renamed Plymouth, were settled a year later by the Mayflower colonists – very precariously, with more than half dying during the first winter. Despite his experiences, Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, came to their aid. He showed them how to fish and plant crops, and helped negotiate trading agreements and a lasting peace treaty with leaders of the Wampanoag Confederation. The Pilgrims had plenty to give thanks for in their new home come November 1621…. But their roots – and the seeds of the defining characteristics of US democracy and government – lay in a group of rural English villages more than 3000 miles to the east.
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The Gregorian calendar has been used within this publication
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Scrooby and Babworth The leading religious Separatists who voyaged to America in 1620 were originally from the Bassetlaw area of Nottinghamshire, where their beliefs were shaped. Regarded as dangerous religious renegades who rejected fundamental principles of the State and the established Church of England, they worshipped in secret to avoid arrest and persecution. Among them was William Brewster. Inspired by the radical words of Richard Clifton, the rector of nearby Babworth, he is believed to have founded a Separatist Church in his family home, the manor house at Scrooby. He was respected as an elder and spiritual guide, and played a significant role in the congregation’s later journeys. In 1607, he left his job as postmaster and was subsequently fined £20 (nearly £4000 today) for non-appearance at an Ecclesiastical Court – in his absence, as by then he, his family and their fellow Separatists had fled for Holland. They carried with them a tradition of independent thinking, passion and tolerance which still characterises Bassetlaw today.
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Babworth Church
Babworth Church Interior
Scrooby Manor House
Babworth Church Interior
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Doncaster William Brewster strongly influenced William Bradford from Austerfield, near Doncaster, who later became Plymouth Colony’s first elected Governor, serving for more than 30 years. St Helena’s Church, where he was baptised, can still be seen. At the time they first met Bradford was a sickly young orphan, but he grew into a passionate religious radical, escaping to Holland with the Brewster family at the age of 18. When the colonists finally travelled to the Americas, he was a signatory of the Mayflower Compact, and bequeathed much of our knowledge of their journey and early years in his journal, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’.
‘ All great and honourable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage’ – Governor William Bradford, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
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Doncaster Manor House
St George’s Minister
St Helena’s Church
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Gainsborough Some of the Separatists are thought to have worshipped clandestinely at Gainsborough Old Hall – now regarded as one of the best-preserved medieval manor houses in Britain – with the permission of its sympathetic owner, merchant William Hickman. Their preacher, John Smyth, was a strong influence on the Mayflower Pilgrims, and is generally considered to have later been a founder of the Baptist churches. As the authorities intensified their crackdown on the Separatists, Smyth and a number of his followers resolved to emigrate in pursuit of their religious freedom. They slipped quietly away from Gainsborough, later reappearing in Amsterdam.
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Gainsborough Old Hall
Inside Gainsborough Old Hall
William Hickman
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Boston The Scrooby congregation – including the Williams Brewster and Bradford, and other Mayflower Pilgrims – made their first attempt to escape to Holland via Boston in Lincolnshire. In the Autumn of 1607, they secretly travelled 60 miles to Scotia Creek near Boston, where they had chartered a ship to smuggle them out of the country. But the captain betrayed them; the local militia lay in wait, as Bradford recounts: ‘…who took them, and put them into open boats, and ther rifled and ransacked them, searching them to their shirts for money, yea even the women furder then became modestie; and then caried them back into the towne, and made them a spectackle and wonder to the multitude, which came flocking on all sids to behould them. Being thus first, by the chatchpoule offlcers, rifled, and stripte of their money, books, and much other goods, they were presented to the magistrates…’ They were held and tried at Boston’s Guildhall, where Bradford recorded that they were fairly treated; after a month’s imprisonment most were released. Undeterred, the following year the Scrooby Separatists travelled north to board a vessel at Immingham, but again they were pursued.... The men escaped to Holland – however, the women and children had been in a separate boat and were caught. They were eventually freed, and all were reunited in Amsterdam.
‘ They could not long continue in any peacable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side….by a joynte consent they resolved to goe into the Low Countries, wher they heard was freedome of Religion for all men’ – Governor William Bradford, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
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Boston Stump
Boston
Boston Guildhall
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Leiden On their arrival in Holland, the Separatists suffered the universal difficulties faced by refugees today as then; low income jobs, low status, language barriers, cultural differences…. Gradually they carved new lives, particularly after moving to Leiden; a city of free-thinkers, relative religious tolerance, and a long tradition of offering shelter to the dispossessed. They bought land near Pieterskerk and built houses. However, as time passed some grew restless, perturbed as their children began to integrate into Dutch life and worried by the threat of war with Spain. They resolved to move on to a place where they could fully realise their religious ideals – although Leiden continued to have a profound influence; one innovation the Pilgrims took with them was ‘civil marriage’. A land grant in the Americas was negotiated, funding raised from London investors and a small ship procured to ferry the colonists to England and provide onward support, the (as it emerged, ironically-named) Speedwell. They also leased a larger vessel for transport and exploration.
‘ So they lefte [that] goodly and pleasant citie, which had been ther resting place, nere 12 years; but they knew they were pilgrimes, & looked not much on these things; but lift up their eyes to ye heavens, their dearest cuntrie, and quieted their spirits’ – Governor William Bradford, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
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Botermarkt
Leiden American Pilgrim Museum
Windmill de Valk, Leiden
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Harwich The Mayflower is believed to have been built in Harwich sometime before 1600, and was commanded and part-owned by her Master, Captain Christopher Jones, whose house still stands on Kings Head Street near the waterfront. She was a three-masted armed merchant ship, about 100 feet long and 25 feet at her widest (the Harwich Mayflower Project are building a full-size replica to follow in her wake as a centrepiece of the 2020 commemorations). Existing records show that Jones sailed the original Mayflower to Norway, the Mediterranean and France, exporting woollen cloth and importing wine – although he had never made the transatlantic crossing before. In about 1611, Jones decided to leave Harwich and move south to Rotherhithe in London, a mile downstream on the Thames from the Tower of London.
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Harwich Maritime Museum
Harwich Lighthouse
Shipwrights working on a ‘knee’ at Harwich Mayflower Project
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Southwark, London The London borough of Southwark, which includes the former docklands of Rotherhithe, has many links with the voyage of the Pilgrims. It was the home port of the Mayflower, her captain Christopher Jones and his crew (including one Stephen Hopkins, a mariner previously involved in a shipwreck reputed to have inspired Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’). And at the time she was hired by the Separatists it was also an area with its own strong tradition of religious dissent. The rector of Captain Jones’ own church had Puritan sympathies, which may have influenced his decision to accept the charter – not one to be taken lightly, as the Mayflower was an old ship to battle the Atlantic on. Many Southwark dissenters had fled to Holland; others continued to meet in secret until, in 1620, they were given permission to sail to America. They joined the Mayflower when she slipped her berth close to the present Mayflower Inn and set sail for Southampton, to meet the Speedwell.
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Statue of Christopher Jones
St Mary the Virgin Church
The Mayflower Pub, Rotherhithe
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Southampton The Mayflower arrived in Southampton in late July 1620 and several days later was joined by the Speedwell, carrying the Pilgrims from Leiden. Their intention was to prepare both vessels and sail in company directly to America. Southampton was a thriving seaport offering all the commercial facilities to provision and equip for the long sea voyage. Many of the buildings and streets familiar to the Pilgrims then still exist. The town had established trading links with Virginia and Newfoundland, so there was an experienced pool of seamen who had previously made the dangerous Atlantic crossing. John Alden, a cooper, joined the Mayflower – and it is thought William Brewster also slipped aboard here, having been in hiding after publishing religious material that angered King James. There were already concerns about the Speedwell, which required repairs after developing a leak. But on 15 August the two ships weighed anchor and set sail.
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Bargate
Southampton Mayflower Memorial
Tudor House
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Dartmouth The two ships didn’t get very far before the Speedwell began to take on water again – either because she carried too much sail, straining her timbers, or the direct result of sabotage by a reluctant crew. They changed course for Dartmouth in Devon, arriving on 23 August. According to the passengers the Speedwell was leaking like a sieve and water was penetrating her hull rapidly causing some alarm and requiring urgent attention. The Pilgrims were regarded with some suspicion by the locals and while the repairs were made in Bayards Cove harbour, the Mayflower moored upstream on the River Dart beside what is now known as Pilgrim Hill. While much has changed on the waterfront since, they would still recognize the Tudor Bayards Cove fort, Lower Street, Smith Street and Agincourt House, now a hotel. It took about a week for the port’s skilled craftsmen to make good the damage. Again, the ships headed out into the English Channel, North Atlantic bound.
‘ Shee is open and leakie as a sieve; and thr was a borde, a man might have puld of with his fingers, 2 foote longe, wher ye water came in as it at a mole hole. I thinke, as others also, if we had stayed at sea but 3 or 4 howers more, shee would have sunke righte downe’ – According to a letter written by a passenger, Robert Chushman
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Dartmouth. Credit Dartmouth Photographs
The Butterwalk Arcade. Credit Dartmouth Photographs
Dartmouth Castle. Credit Dartmouth Photographs
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Plymouth, England The Mayflower and the Speedwell were 300 miles clear of Land’s End when the smaller ship once more began leaking badly and couldn’t risk continuing. They turned about for Plymouth. By this time, the cramped, damp and miserable passengers had already spent up to six weeks at sea basically getting nowhere; with a fair wind and good fortune they would have hoped to be closing on their destination by then. As shipwrights carried out their assessment it’s likely the passengers escaped ashore, staying in or visiting still-surviving historic buildings around the Barbican area such as Island House, Blackfriars and Elizabethan House. They would have received a warm welcome, as the town had strong Puritan sympathies and was the home port of the first attempt to establish an English colony in the ‘New World’. The Speedwell was finally declared unfit for the journey. Some of the Pilgrims dropped out; the remainder crowded onto the Mayflower, which required re-provisioning, despite funds running low. She left on 16 September with up to 30 crew and 102 passengers on board. Just under half of them were Separatists, the rest were ‘economic migrants’; skilled tradespeople sent by the investors to help build the new colony.
‘ The wind coming east-north-east, a fine small gale, we loosed from Plymouth having been kindly entertained and courteously used by divers friends there dwelling’ – Edward Winslow, another influential Pilgrim who would later serve as a Governor of the Plymouth colony
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The Mayflower Steps
Smeaton’s Tower
Elizabethan House
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Plymouth, Massachusetts After a storm-tossed 66 days at sea, on 21 November 1620, the Mayflower anchored on the tip of Cape Cod, at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts. That day, the settlers formulated the ‘Mayflower Compact’, signed by 41 men on board, which bound them into a ‘civill body politick’, promising co-operation amongst them for the general good of the colony with issues decided by voting, establishing constitutional law and the rule of the majority – laying the foundations of American democracy. A few days later Susannah White gave birth to a son aboard the Mayflower, the first English child born in New England. He was named Peregrine, derived from the Latin for ‘pilgrim’. Having need for clean water and fertile land a Pilgrim party explored the surrounding area in mid-December and surveyed the cleared fields around the abandoned Native American village of Patuxet – already named Plymouth on earlier charts. They departed the bleak shores of Provincetown and finally arrived in Plymouth Massachusetts on 21 December 1620 (31 December on the Gregorian calendar). The Pilgrims had arrived.
‘ Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye fast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente.’ ‘ And no marvell if they were thus joyefull…’ – Governor William Bradford, ‘Of Plimoth Plantation’
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Plymouth
Plimoth Plantation
The Mayflower II replica
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Mayflower Compact “ It has long been said that the United States and the United Kingdom share a special relationship. The reason for this close friendship doesn’t just have to do with our to do with our shared history, our shared heritage our ties of language and culture or even the strong partnership between our two governments. It is a relationship that is special because of values and beliefs which have united our people through the ages. As Winston Churchill said: ‘Habeas Corpus, Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, trial by jury and English common law find their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence” – Barack Obama 2011 Original version as recorded by William Bradford:
In modern English this reads:
In ye name of God Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by ye Grace of God, of great Britaine, Franc, & Yreland, King, defender of ye Faith, &c.
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Haveing undertaken, for ye Glorie of God, and advancements of ye Christian faith, and the honour of our King & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northern parts of Virginia; Doe by these presents, solemnly & mutualy, in ye presence of God, and one of another; covenant & combine ourselves together into a Civill body politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just & equal Lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witnes wherof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11 of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James, of England, France, & Yreland, ye eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fiftie fourth, Ano: Dom. 1620.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.
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The UK Mayflower Compact Partnership
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Pilgrim Societies We would like to recognise all the Pilgrim societies worldwide, the family societies and those who will be commemorating with us in 2020; we look forward to working with you all. With particular thanks to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants: The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) was founded in 1897, and is based at the historic Mayflower Society House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. There are 53 member societies in the US, Canada and Europe. Membership requires proof of lineage from one of the Mayflower passengers. Since its founding, the Mayflower Society has accepted over 90,000 members. It is estimated that over 25 million people are descended from the Mayflower passengers worldwide. GSMD’s educational mission includes telling the story of the Pilgrims as well as maintaining the highest standards possible for research into their lineage. GSMD operates a genealogy research library at our Plymouth headquarters and publish the GSMD Silver Books, a series of genealogy books that follow the descendants of the Mayflower passengers.
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Mayflower Society House
One Small Candle, Plymouth UK
Representatives of The General Society of Mayflower Descendants with Matthew Barzun
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Highlights Mayflower 400 represents a significant opportunity to commemorate and give thanks through a programme of community, creative, educational and capital investment, celebrating our humanity, our international solidarity and our diversity of culture and belief. Our emerging partner programme includes:
Signature events
Performance • The development and presentation of major new productions, musical arrangements, compositions and street theatre led by multiple partners including: De Veenfabriek & Dutch National Theatre, Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Theatre Royal Plymouth (in collaboration with Nick Stimson and Seth Lakemen), Dartmouth and Southwark
• Presidential and Royal visits within the host nations at key signature events during the anniversary year • Embarkation Day (16 September 2020): an International commemoration in Plymouth, UK through the communities of the combined armed forces • Embarkation Festival, Plymouth, US: a global festival of thousands of people from around the world to experience America’s story of immigration and exploration through cultural presentations, historical exhibitions and live entertainment • Wampanoag Days: a two-day 2020 Turtle Island Powwow celebrating the longevity and continuity of the Indigenous Nations of America
Heritage
Culture
Public art
• Illuminate: a growing international cultural festival of light and thanksgiving reaching out to those communities connected to the Pilgrim’s story and celebrating our shared futures • Connected Cultures: a year-long international programme of events and activities, festivals and gatherings across the partnership
• An internationally significant art commission, linking locations on the Pilgrim’s journey through the creation of a connected portfolio of public artwork
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• The Harwich Mayflower Replica Ship: a full size ship currently under construction, which will embark on a journey retracing the voyage along the UK’s South Coast and across the Atlantic • Plymouth History Centre: the opening of a £34 million prestigious museum, gallery exhibition and display centre • Bassetlaw Museum: an extension to Bassetlaw Museum to provide a dedicated Mayflower exhibition space, incorporating iBeacon, 3D, augmented reality and mobile technology to bring the Pilgrim’s story to life, both at this location and associated Pilgrim heritage sites
Mashpee Wampanoag Annual Powwow, Plymouth US
Illuminate, Boston
Illuminate Plymouth, UK
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Highlights (cont.) Exhibitions
Community
• ‘Captured 1614’: a touring exhibition produced by the Indian Spiritual and Cultural Training Council • The Pilgrim Library: the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum and Museum de Lakenhal • ‘Art on the Edge’: a Plymouth, UK based Mayflower-themed exhibition illuminating the creative relationship between the South West of the UK and the East Coast of the US through artists such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and Mark Rothko • Harwich Mayflower Exhibition: a bespoke production based in the community, which will transform the town into a living Mayflower exhibition • Southwark ‘Ship of Stories’: a physical touring exhibition using a combination of historic objects, 3D interpretation, community involvement and digital content
• ‘I am Pilgrim’, Leiden: many Pilgrims stayed behind and their descendants became an indistinguishable part of the community, highlighting their heritage and connecting local people to the Pilgrims’ story • The Mayflower 400 volunteers: a cross-cutting volunteer scheme led by Plymouth UK, based on the ‘cities of service’ model; this will give communities the opportunity to take ownership of the Mayflower commemoration and provide a legacy of increased participation
Visitor • ‘The Grand Tour’: an invitation to over 25 million descendants of the Mayflower to visit the places, people and cultures connected with the Mayflower story in the US, UK and Holland through the development of international heritage trails, assets, artefacts, itineraries and bookable tourism products
Faith • Conferences and gatherings of multiple faiths to debate and commemorate including: the Freedom and Tolerance Conference, Bassetlaw and a multi-faith commemoration and open air service on Plymouth Hoe
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Education • ‘Every Child’: an international education project for all ages to share the story of the Mayflower and the connected histories of different communities through cross-curricular activities, programmes, exchanges and scholarship programmes. The project will work with major UK, US and Dutch education institutions, universities and schools
Business • The Mayflower Autonomous Ship: development of an automated, robotic research vessel which will re-trace the journey of the Mayflower on its first transatlantic voyage to the US • International Marine Expo: working in partnership with leading international marine experts, this project will develop an annual exhibition which will showcase cutting edge global marine technology and innovation
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship
We are proud to be working with our national and international partners: Scrooby and Babworth (Nottinghamshire) Doncaster and Austerfield (Yorkshire) Gainsborough (Lincolnshire) Boston (Lincolnshire) Leiden (the Netherlands) Southwark (London) Harwich (Essex) Southampton (Hampshire) Dartmouth (Devon) Plymouth (Devon) Plymouth (Massachusetts, USA) Massachusetts 400 Forum The Wampanoag Confederation and Native American Nation
The Mayflower Ambassador’s event 2016 is supported by: Plymouth City Council The General Society of Mayflower Descendants Plymouth Gin
For more information about Mayflower 400, please contact: E-mail: info@mayflower400uk.org Tel: 01752 306777 Design: www.wearegammaray.co.uk Copywriter: Martin Jackson Printed by: www.deltoruk.com
Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, UK