HISTORIA
El Mayflower y el nacimiento de una nación
September 16, 2020 - El Mayflower zarpó de Plymouth, Inglaterra, hace 400 años, llevando a un grupo de colonos, que más tarde serían conocidos como los Padres Peregrinos, a una vida diferente en el Nuevo Mundo. El barco atracó en noviembre de ese año, en lo que actualmente es el estado de Massachusetts.
The colonists departed from Plymouth after various delays and reached Cape Cod on Nov 21, at what is now Provincetown, Mass. On Dec 26, the 102 settlers on board disembarked at a nearby site that they named Plymouth, which became the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
The Plymouth 400 Commemoration organisation had scheduled multiple events in the U.S., Britain and the Netherlands throughout 2020 but was forced to cancel many of them due to the coronavirus pandemic. Plans have been adjusted to continue the commemorations into 2021.
Some events have survived. The replica Mayflower II set sail for Plymouth, Mass., on July 20 following a three-year restoration at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. It is expected to reach its home port on August 10.
Built in Brixham, Devon, the Mayflower II was presented to the U.S. in 1957 as a gift from Britain for U.S. support during the Second World War. It is now owned by the Plimoth Plantation – a living history museum exploring the history of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.