PLYMOUTH — You could say this postage stamp has been 400 years in the making. On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service will release a new “forever” stamp bearing the image of […]
Read MoreStamp marks Plymouth’s 400th anniversary
PLYMOUTH – You could say this postage stamp has been 400 years in the making. On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service will release a new “forever” stamp bearing the image of the Mayflower for […]
Read MoreShining a light on 400 years
Darkness descended quickly on the Mayflower II, so much so that Ellie Donovan fumbled to click on a light at the podium so she could read her speech during a ceremony […]
Read MoreLight up the night!
Beginning Sunday, the Mayflower II will be illuminated each evening to commemorate Plymouth’s 400th anniversary. A special ceremony will be held at 7:15 p.m. Sept. 6 at State Pier to […]
Read More‘Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor:’ First day of issue for 400th anniversary Plymouth stamp planned for Sept. 17
While other 400th anniversary events have had to be rescheduled, the new Plymouth stamp will be released by the U.S. Postal Service as scheduled on Sept. 17. Exactly how it […]
Read MoreThe quadricentennial must go on
PLYMOUTH – Michele Pecoraro is obviously frustrated. Despite the best efforts of the Plymouth 400 Inc. executive director, people don’t seem to understand that the show must go on. “If I hear […]
Read MoreA new cannon for Plymouth
For 65 years, two cannon stood guard on Burial Hill, ceremoniously protecting the site of the first fort of the Plymouth Colony. Next spring, if all goes as planned, a […]
Read MoreMayflower II Returns To Plymouth Monday After 3-Year Renovation
PLYMOUTH (CBS/AP) —The Mayflower II returned home to Plymouth Monday. The ship docked in Plymouth Harbor, just down the road from the Plimoth Plantation living history museum around 4 p.m. The replica […]
Read MoreHomeward bound!
PLYMOUTH – With considerable ceremony and fanfare, the Mayflower II began her long voyage home with its departure from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut on Monday, July 20. After three years of […]
Read MoreWhat’s On – Plymouth 400
An excerpt from The Alliance Bulletin, The International Travel Writers Alliance, Issue 298: mid-June 2020. Plymouth 400 is the Massachusetts-based nonprofit that, since 2009, has led the planning and execution […]
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