Happy Anniversary to the Mayflower!

The new Mayflower does not need a person to sail it. (AP)
This drawing shows what the old Mayflower looked like.
The new ship gets towed. (AP)
Keith Ivory checks the ship for safety. (AP)
The new ship is launched for the first time. (AP)

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The Pilgrims sailed to America on the Mayflower. That was four hundred years ago.

A new Mayflower sailed this month. Wind and sunlight made it go. No people were on it.

Read More: People are remembering the landing of the Mayflower in many ways. One interesting one is the Mayflower Autonomous Ship. It was built to take about 12 days to reach the United States from Europe (the Pilgrim ship took 60 days). The new ship navigated by itself. William Bradford was the first governor for the Pilgrims’ colony in America. He said, “Out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are.”