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Plymouth Rock Souvenirs
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Written by GOseacoast Tours
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HISTORIC TOURS
The Original American Rock Star
Our "Operation Plymouth Rock" has one simple mission -- to find souvenirs of
the the famous fictitious American landmark. No, the Pilgrims did not land here,
but the boulder has become an enduring icon of the United States. Click through
our gallery for more tha a dozen images of the historic monument in Plymouth,
Ma.
PLYMOUTH ROCK
Plymouth, MA
Symbolic landing place of the Pilgrims in 1620
Deciated 1744, 1880, 1921
 No monument marks the spot where New Hampshire's first settlers arrived in 1623. Although this web feature is dedicated to Seacoast, New Hampshire, when it
comes to monuments, there is none as famous as Plymouth Rock in nearby Massachusetts.
Of course, as history tells us, the Separatists or "Saints" did not first land
at Plymouth, but at Cape Cod near Provincetown in November 1620. It is extraordinarily
unlikely that the rock now covered by a Greek-styled portico houses the rock on
which the Mayflower pilgrims stepped. That landing site, most historians agree,
is miles away. The structure houses, instead, a symbol so embedded in American
legend, that the truth of the matter fades in comparison.
 First described in 1741, Plymouth Rock has the distinction of being the nation's
oldest historical tourist attraction. An inspiration to Revolutionary Americans,
the upper portion of the world famous rock was dragged to Plymouth Town Square
in 1774. The slab of Dedham Granodiorite was later placed on display at the Pilgrim
Hall in 1834. Later in 1880 it was returned to the waterfront and covered in an
ornate Victorian portico. That was replaced in 1921 by the Greek-style canopy
seen today.
 Knowing that the landing at the rock is not historically accurate has not slowed
the pilgrimage of tourists. Although it has been described by one visitor as "the
most disappointing landmark in America" still, as de Toqueville first discovered,
it is simultaneously revered. Something about the expansive nation requires an
anchor in place and time. Plymouth Rock has become that anchor. Its interpretation
has led to historical tourist sites as diverse as the nearby Plymouth Wax Museum, to Pilgrim Hall and Plimouth Plantation, a fully reconstructed and active pioneer village. Today, with a reconstruction
of the Mayflower nearby, visitors arrive, stare, toss pennies, laugh and pose
for photographs. Despite our largely inaccurate view of the founding families,
the magnetic attraction of this seven ton rock is as powerful as ever.
VIEW ROCK SOUVENIRS BY SECTION
(1) The 19th Century Canopy
(2) The 20th Century Portico
(3) Collectible & Strange
OR CLICK TO SEE 2 DOZEN PLYMOUTH ROCK IMAGES
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