mayflower compact

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 1619 Project, Jump Back! RUMOR HAS IT… AMERICA IS 400 YEARS OLD That’s right. On Nov. 11, 1620, the Pilgrims from Holland landed in America and signed the “Compact” “America’s First Constitution.” …Those who signed the document, called the Mayflower Compact, made a commitment to govern themselves. For the first time in history, they united “together into a civil body politic …to enact…such just and equal laws…unto which” they promised “all due…obedience .” As we continue the…