Whatever Happened to the Mayflower?

Happy Thanksgiving!

“I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name O Most High

~ Psalm 9:1-2 ~

If you’re sitting around the dinner table today, or sitting in front of a typical Thanksgiving football blowout you may want to get some conversation started. Nothing like a good mystery get everybody engaged. Why don’t you ask the question,

‘Who knows the mystery of the Mayflower?’

Be prepared first to make some connections. The Mayflower is not the latest M. Night Shyamalan mystery. And while it is a moving company, that’s not the reason it is famous. The Mayflower is the ship in which the Pilgrims (Get the Thanksgiving connection?) sailed to America.

Anyway, chances are that most folks in your group won’t know that it is believed that the Mayflower was dismantled and moved to the Buckinghamshire area of England, where it was rebuilt as a barn. And the barn is still there today! The Mayflower Barn is a very popular tourist destination in England – especially for Americans.

Is it the real deal? Or just a tourist trap? Pass the cranberry sauce and let the debate begin!

And let us at the Family Life Blog know if you solve the mystery.