Good morning.
Sunday in Whitewater will be warm and sunny, with a high of eighty-two, and southwest winds at 5 to 15 MPH.
On this day in 1620, the Mayflower’s one-hundred-two passengers left England for America:
In a difficult Atlantic crossing, the 90-foot Mayflower encountered rough seas and storms and was blown more than 500 miles off course. Along the way, the settlers formulated and signed the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that bound the signatories into a “civil body politic.” Because it established constitutional law and the rule of the majority, the compact is regarded as an important precursor to American democracy. After a 66-day voyage, the ship landed on November 21 on the tip of Cape Cod at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Google’s daily puzzle asks about traders and the animals for whom they were named: “Our name means “of purple merchants”. What snail was the source of the product that made us famous for our purple?”
the murex snail.