:: The Town of Plymouth
Points
of Interest: Plimoth Plantation, Rte. 3A - Mayflower II - Plymouth Rock -
Whale watches - Cranberry World - Plymouth National Wax Museum - Pilgrim Hall -
Jenny Grist Mill - Brewster Gardens - Antiquarian House - Historic Houses -
Forefather's Monument - Waterfront
America's Favorite Rock
Since 1620, Plymouth Rock has
been a valued landing place for ships because it was seldom underwater and was
used as a sort of wharf. By 1776, it was known as Forefather's Rock and is
now valued as a symbol of liberty. Workmen accidentally split the rock in two
moving it to Town Square. The Pilgrim Society acquired a waterfront site and
moved the still-lanquishing lower part of the rock there to protect it from
souvenir hunters. They later brought the two halves of the rock together and
rejoined them with cement and engraved it with the date 1620. In 1920 the old
canopy was replaced by the current Greek Classical canopy, paid for by the
Colonial Dames.
America's Favorite Boat
Try
to imagine yourself crowded for months along with 100 others and a crew of 25
in an old, leaky sailboat used previously for transporting wine between England
and Holland. The Mayflower was 90 feet long - that's three first downs on
a football field. Take the time to visit the replica in our harbor to feel what
our founding parents went through to create America.
With no privacy and no chance to wash themselves or
their clothes, when they got wet they stayed wet until the sun came out and
they could get on deck. Imagine their fear when they encountered a winter
gale as they attempted to pass Cape Cod, and were forced to turn back around
Provincetown and cross Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth.
Nothing which our astronauts encountered in space exploration is as dangerous as what the Pilgrims faced in 1620. There was no NASA or a Space Center to back them up, only their prayers, an unshakeable belief in their God and their unquencable thirst for freedom and a new life in the New World.
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