From the Old World to the New - the Quest for Religious Freedom. In 1620 one hundred Puritans boarded the 'Mayflower' bound for the New World. These people were The Pilgrim Fathers. This is the story of a group of religious Separatists who sailed across the Atlantic in 1620 and helped shape the laws and ways of life in what was to become the United States.Reenacts the Pilgrims' perilous journey.