Celebrate 400 Years of Freedom

America Remembers the Mayflower Compact

America began with a covenant.  This November, 2020, marks the 400th anniversary of the signing of that covenant. The Mayflower Compact was a voluntary and binding covenant, recognizing the principle of self-government under God, with far-reaching economic, religious, and legal implications for all of society. What began in 1620 in Provincetown harbor would establish the American precedent of free men covenanting to maintain a “civil body politic” of self-government under God. It would culminate in the halls of Philadelphia in the 1780s with the formulation of the United States Constitution.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of America’s great covenant to liberty, the Leyden Preservation Group has created a beautiful, illustrated booklet that tells the story of The Mayflower Compact from its early history, to his legacy in law and government.  This is the perfect read-aloud document for you and your family. Download “The Enduring Legacy of the Mayflower Compact” for your gift of any amount towards the ongoing work of preservation of Lot #1, one of America’s most significant landmarks of liberty.

Today, the Leyden Preservation group stewards Plot #1, home of the first recorded act of popular self-government springing from the Mayflower Compact.  On Lot #1 the Pilgrims established the first common house, and in February of 1621, participated in the first recorded election in America with the selection of Miles Standish to serve as military commander of the colony.