Where: Water Steet
Plymouth, MA
Who: All ages
The pilgrims may or may not have actually landed on Plymouth Rock. Either way, this venerated rock has become an important historic symbol, and anyone can visit it on the coast of Plymouth Bay in Plymouth, Massachusetts. You can't get all that close to it because it is encased in a giant enclosure that bears a strong resemblance to an ancient temple. That is due to the fact that people used to help themselves to pieces of the rock quite literally by chipping away at it and taking pieces of it home for souvenirs. Thus, now you can only look down at it from a platform above.
However, if you want to get even closer to the rock and perhaps even touch it, that is still possible. Pieces of the rock can be found in various locations including the nearby Pilgrim Hall Museum, the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington D.C., and Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, NY. At the Pilgrim Hall Museum, you are definitely welcome to touch a piece of the rock. We are not sure about the other locations.
For more about Plymouth Rock, visit https://www.britannica.com/topic/Plymouth-Rock-United-States-history. For more about Pilgrim Hall and/or Plymouth Church, see our previous posts.
Tune in tomorrow for Theater Thursday.
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