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    <title>Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants upcoming events</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Compact Day (11/07/2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Join us for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005952"&gt;Compact Day&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;November 7&lt;sup style=""&gt;th&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;| 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;We are putting together a program highlighting our Mayflower ancestor&lt;img src="https://msmd.wildapricot.org/widget/resources/Pictures/Meetings/Alex-Cain-Prof-Headshot-Alexander-Cain-240x300.jpg" alt="" title="" border="7" width="120" height="150" align="right" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;s’ connections to Revolutionary War patriots in conjunction with the American 250th Anniversary Celebration.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Our speaker will be author and podcaster, &lt;a href="https://www.historicalnerdery.com/" title="Learn about Alex!" target="_blank" style=""&gt;Alexander Cain&lt;/a&gt;, who will give a talk titled: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;These English Liberties: The New England Perception of English Rights and Liberties from the Signing of the Mayflower Compact to Lexington and Concord&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;We'll be in the Tara Ballroom&amp;nbsp;at the newly renovated&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://renaissanceframinghamevents.com/" title="Renaissance Framingham Hotel &amp;amp; Conference Center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Renaissance Framingham Hotel &amp;amp; Conference Center&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1657 Worcester Road Framingham, Massachusetts 01701&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/MKzhyP5gvd7g23Lw8" title="Directions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://msmd.wildapricot.org/widget/resources/Pictures/_Pngtree_vector%20location%20icon_3778133.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="25" height="25"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS – Sunday, November 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 107%"&gt;&lt;font color="#00746B" style="font-size: 10px;"&gt;___________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005952"&gt;Menu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Classic Caesar Salad (GF option)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Main choice served with Chef’s Selection of seasonal vegetables &amp;amp; starch, freshly baked rolls &amp;amp; butter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#005952" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Choice of:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;gt; Coffee Rubbed London Broil (GF)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;gt; New England Baked Haddock, Butter Crumb Topping (GF breadcrumbs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;gt; Bell Peppers Stuffed with Quinoa, Roasted Vegetables, Herbed Tomato Sauce&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;gt; Children’s offering: Chicken Fingers and Fries with Vanilla Ice Cream&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#005952" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Dessert&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Chef created Flourless Chocolate Cake (GF)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#424242"&gt;with Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee &amp;amp; Herbal Teas&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(GF) Gluten Free menu items; Further food allergy accommodations available upon request&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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