Plymouth Rock

Coordinates: 41°57′30″N 70°39′43″W / 41.95833°N 70.66194°W / 41.95833; -70.66194
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Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock, inscribed with 1620, the year of the Pilgrims' landing in the Mayflower
Plymouth Rock is located in Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is located in the United States
Plymouth Rock
LocationPlymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°57′30″N 70°39′43″W / 41.95833°N 70.66194°W / 41.95833; -70.66194
NRHP reference No.70000680[1]
Added to NRHP1970

Plymouth Rock is an American historic site in Plymouth, Massachusetts. People say the Mayflower Pilgrims there in 1620. But, they may not have. Edward Winslow did not mention the rock in Mourt's Relation (1620–1621). William Bradford did not mention it in his journal Of Plymouth Plantation (1620–1647).[2] The first written reference to the Pilgrims landing on a rock is found 121 years after they landed.

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. "Plymouth Rock". Pilgrimhall.org. 2005-05-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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