PLYMOUTH ROCK - PILGRIM MEMORIAL STATE PARK
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Large rock sheltered in an open structure on the edge of the bay, on which is engraved the date of 1620 in Plymouth
This large rock with the date 1620 engraved on it is believed to represent the place where pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower. It is sheltered in an open structure on the edge of a bay at sea level. It is unclear whether the rock marks the place where the pilgrims disembarked - a subject of much debate since the 18th century! Although it is impossible to get close to it and touch it because it is protected by fences (before it was set up tourists had the unfortunate tendency to steal small pieces of it as souvenirs), it is easy to see that there is a wide crack running through the rock: it broke in two in 1774, when attempts were made to move it to Town Square in Plymouth. It was not until 1880 that the two pieces of rock were put together again.
Plymouth Rock is part of Pilgrim Memorial State Park, founded in 1920 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers. The park also includes a granite monument, The National Monument to the Forefathers, which was built in 1889 and also pays tribute to the pilgrims. It is about a mile from the rock. Its large pedestal is surmounted by Faith, a heroic statue holding a bible with its index finger pointing towards heaven. Morality, Law, Education and Liberty, the other founding principles of the Pilgrim Fathers, are represented by smaller statues.
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