Plymouth Rock
- Address: Water St
- Vicinity: Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth Rock is the traditional landing spot for the MAYFLOWER pilgrims. - AsNotedIn
Plymouth Rock is the traditional landing spot for the MAYFLOWER pilgrims. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| McKim, Mead and White | Architect | |||||
| 1620/12/21 | Gov Edward Winslow | Leader | MAYFLOWER pilgrims make landfall and establish the Plymouth Colony. | Settling the American Colonies | ||
| 1620/12/21 | Gov William Bradford | Leader | MAYFLOWER pilgrims row a skiff to Plymouth rock and "hastened ashore and made to drink water, that the seamen might have the more beer." William Bradford | Beer | Settling the American Colonies | |
| 1620/12/21 | Myles Standish | Military Leader | MAYFLOWER pilgrims make landfall and establish the Plymouth Colony. | Settling the American Colonies | ||
| 1620/12/21 | Pilgrims | MAYFLOWER pilgrims make landfall and establish the Plymouth Colony. | Settling the American Colonies | |||
| 1820/12/22 | Daniel Webster | Speaker | At a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing, Webster delivers a moving speech on the relationship between property rights and the foundation of a republican nation. He also uses this occasion to denounce the African slave-trade. | Slavery In America | ||
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| Particulars for Plymouth Rock: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Other Description | Classical |
| Criteria Consideration | Commemorative property |
| Historic Use | Conservation Area |
| Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Attribute | Moved property |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Sight Category | Object |
| Owner | State |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | Constitutional document | |||
| Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (book) | History Book | Nathaniel Philbrick |
By
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.
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