NOTE: See this UPDATE from May 28, 2020 with a revised schedule:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/05/updated-mayflower-400-schedule.html
Mayflower 400 Events
January 1st, 2020 – The Rose Bowl Parade in
Pasadena, California will feature a float sponsored by the General Society of
Mayflower Descendants. See the California Mayflower Society website for more information
April 24, 2020 – POSTPONED Opening Ceremony at the Memorial Hall in
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
May 14 - 19 - POSTPONED Mayflower Sails 2020, the Mayflower II will make her maiden voyage to the Charlestown Navy Yard following her 3 year restoration. The 6 day, 5 night maritime festival will comemorate the 400th anniversary of the historic voyage. www.sailingmayflower.org
May 23 - POSTPONED The Mayflower II opens to the public in her home berth at Plymouth, Massachusetts
May 14 - 19 - POSTPONED Mayflower Sails 2020, the Mayflower II will make her maiden voyage to the Charlestown Navy Yard following her 3 year restoration. The 6 day, 5 night maritime festival will comemorate the 400th anniversary of the historic voyage. www.sailingmayflower.org
May 23 - POSTPONED The Mayflower II opens to the public in her home berth at Plymouth, Massachusetts
June 27 – 28 - CANCELLED Maritime Salute in Plymouth Harbor with a regatta of wooden ships and
other boats. There will be a lobster
bake on the waterfront. Mayflower II
will be saluted.
August 1 – POSTPONED TO 2021 Wampanoag Ancestors Walk – members of the
Wampanoag tribes of Massachusetts will march through downtown Plymouth with
placards with the names of the original 69 villages of the Wampanoag
Nation. They will stop at designated
sites to pay homage to Massasoit and King Philip. There will be a drum ceremony and reception.
September 10 – 14, the Mayflower II will visit Provincetown,
Massachusetts
September 12 – Recreation of the Signing of the Mayflower
Compact in Provincetown, welcome ceremony for the Mayflower II. There will be a Mayflower Gala, and
historical re-enactments.
September 13 – Memorial Service, Wreath Laying, ticketed
luncheon and concert for descendants in Provincetown
September 14 – Sunrise Toast and Bon Voyage to Mayflower II
as she sails from Provincetown back to Plymouth
Sept 14 – CANCELLED (Possible 2021?) The Governor of Massachusetts will hold an
Official State House Salute to the 400th Commemoration. The GSMD members will perform a Pilgrim’s
Progress from the Park Plaza Hotel to the statehouse steps. Ticketed Gala at
the State House.
Sept. 15 – 18 – CANCELLED The GSMD Mayflower Congress in
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/2020/item/373-2020-commemoration-events-and-mayflower-congress
September 17, the US Post Office will release the commemorative US stamp with a picture of the Mayflower. There will be a ceremony in Plymouth, next to the Mayflower at her home berth on the waterfront.
September 17, the US Post Office will release the commemorative US stamp with a picture of the Mayflower. There will be a ceremony in Plymouth, next to the Mayflower at her home berth on the waterfront.
Sept. 19 – 20 – CANCELLED - some elements moved to 2021 The Embarkation Festival – A cultural and
arts festival honoring the traditions, food and music of both the original
Pilgrim settlers, Wampanoag people, and the diverse immigrants who
followed.
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 – Indigenous History Conference and Powwow
hosted by Bridgewater State University.
Thanksgiving Week 2020
Nov. 20 concerts in Plymouth, Massachusetts and Boston,
Massachusetts
Nov. 21 Thanksgiving parade
Nov. 22 “One Small Candle” Ceremony at the Mayflower House,
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Eve, Illuminate Thanksgiving spectacle
in Plymouth, Massachusetts
May 2021, Rescheduled Wampanoag Ancestors Walk. Final date and more details to come soon.
June 25 -27, Official Maritime Salute to the 400th Anniversary. Originally planned for June 2020. An extra day has been added to kick off the weekend.
Revision to schedule: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/plymouth-400-announces-revised-schedule-for-anniversary-events/2131738/?fbclid=IwAR0tMSJ7mb3EcVQOCVRznrQHsp90FD_eHLIzR3x5FJ6tKJ_pNVhNpxH7UZc
Click here for a list of events in the United Kingdom:
https://www.mayflower400uk.org/events/
Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "2020 Events for the 400th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Mayflower", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 8, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/10/2020-events-for-400th-anniversary-of.html: accessed [access date]).
That’s a whole lot of activities. What fun it would be to live in the area during this time. Waaaay over here in California, seems a world away. I’ve only ever been to New England one time, about 5 yrs ago. I'd like to think I’ll make it back for some of these events, but truth is, I probably won’t. So, I’ll read about them in your blog. Thanks Heather.
ReplyDeleteI was out there in 2018, doing genealogical research, and it was hard for me to get around, so, for as much as I would love to see it all, I think I would want to avoid the massive crowds, for this occasion.
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