In November 1620, the Mayflower completed its voyage across the Atlantic. Before its weary passengers walked on American soil for the first time, 41 men signed their names to a simple agreement. They ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the ...

The Mayflower Compact, signed 400 years ago this week, helped lay a foundation for America’s commitment to government by consent of the governed. In his famous Leviathan, the 17th-century theorist ...

Just over four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the Mayflower, a Virginia Company merchant ship from England bound for the New World. While the passengers had no idea what their ...

A group of scholars meets this week to discuss the impact of the Mayflower Compact—signed 400 years ago last week, on Nov. 11, 1620—on the American concept of the rule of law. The Heritage Foundation ...

Most of us have probably not even thought about the Mayflower Compact since elementary school. The Compact was the document drawn up by the passengers on the ship "Mayflower" after it reached what was ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Mint (Mint) will start accepting orders for the first 2026 Semiquincentennial Two-Roll Sets and Bags with the Mayflower Compact ...

Angela Sailor serves as vice president of The Feulner Institute at The Heritage Foundation. Joseph Loconte / @JosephLoconte Joseph Loconte, Ph.D., is the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In his famous Leviathan, the 17th-century theorist Thomas Hobbes argued that members of a political society should submit ...

Around this particular Thanksgiving holiday, especially in the midst of our current travails, we should take a moment to recall that this is the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, the founding ...