The Mayflower Voyage – 400th Anniversary!

The historic voyage of the Mayflower began on Wednesday, September 6 (new style the 16th) as it departed Plymouth harbor in England.  There was now one ship, the Speedwell having been sold and twenty remaining in England, probably returning to London or Leyden.  Bradford writes: “These troubles being blown over, and now all being compact…

Why They Came: 400 Years

Consider the number 400.  The Hebrew Republic, a government built on the family, self-rule, local control and universal education with separation of powers appeared in ancient Israel from 1450 to 1050 BC.  Unique among all the ancient nations and Empires, it had the highest literacy and the greatest freedom for the individual.  However, the individual…