November 25, 2025

Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II

1 hour

The Mayflower IIâthe replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a nationâis seen by some 2.6 million visitors to Plymouth annually and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But there is much more to the replicaâs story than meets the eye. In fact, the origins of Project Mayflower began in the 1950s not with an American, but with a British World War II veteran named Warwick Charlton who had what seemed an impossible dream: to build a historically accurate replica, sail her across the Atlantic, and present the finished product as a thank-you to his countryâs wartime ally.

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