The crew of IBM and MSubs also joined the ceremony, as they were involved in the building of The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), a highly innovative project to design, build and sail the world's first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean. Robert Wood Johnson, along with Admiral Tony Radakin (First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy) and online representation of the Wampanoag. Karel van Oosterom, joined the commemoration ceremony in Plymouth, together with the American Ambassador to the UK, Mr. On 16 September 2020, the Dutch Ambassador to the UK, Mr. The perspectives of Native American communities on the consequences of the arrival of the Pilgrims form an integral part of the story. This commemoration is not solely focused on the time the Pilgrims spent in the Netherlands or their stories on the boat. Throughout 2020, museums in the Dutch cities of Leiden and Rotterdam – as in the UK and the US – have been dedicating exhibitions to the Mayflower. Another astonishing fact that shows just how much impact the arrival of these European settlers has had on America: no less than nine US presidents are descendants of these Leiden Pilgrims. They built land near the spectacular Pieterskerk church and built houses in what is today known as Engelse poort (English Alley). The Pilgrims settled in Leiden, where they lived and worked for 12 years. To escape religious persecution, they decided to flee England for the Netherlands from 1609 onwards - back in the days, the Dutch republic was seen as a liberal nation where they could live peacefully. The Pilgrims had already been travelling for a long time. It took them 66 days, as they left the UK in September their crossing was afflicted by winter storms and long bouts of sea sickness. But the voyage of the Pilgrims across the transatlantic was harsh. On this day, the Pilgrims (a group of English Puritans) set sail from the port in Plymouth (UK) on a ship called the Mayflower, to travel to the free colonies in Massachusetts (US).
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