Hvornår landede pilgrimmene ved plymouth rock?
1620
Plymouth Rock er det traditionelle sted, hvor William Bradford og Mayflower-pilgrimmene, der grundlagde Plymouth Colony i 1620, gik fra borde. Pilgrimmene henviste ikke til Plymouth Rock i nogen af deres skrifter; den første kendte skriftlige omtale af klippen stammer fra 1715, hvor den blev beskrevet i bygrænseregistreringer som "en stor klippe". Den første dokumenterede påstand om, at Plymouth Rock var pilgrimmenes landingssted, blev fremsat af den ældste Thomas Faunce i 1741, 121 år efter pilgrimmenes ankomst til Plymouth. Fra dengang og frem til i dag har Plymouth Rock indtaget en fremtrædende plads i den amerikanske tradition og er af senere generationer blevet fortolket som et symbol på både dyder og fejl hos de første englændere, der koloniserede New England. I 1774 knækkede stenen i to dele under et forsøg på at trække den til Town Square i Plymouth. Den øverste del (det fragment, der nu er synligt) sad på Town Square, blev flyttet til Pilgrim Hall Museum i 1834 og blev i 1880 bragt tilbage til sin oprindelige plads på bredden af Plymouths havn. I dag står den under en granitoverdækning designet af McKim, Mead & White.
1620
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. The Pilgrims did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings; the first known written reference to the rock dates to 1715 when it was described in the town boundary records as "a great rock." The first documented claim that Plymouth Rock was the landing place of the Pilgrims was made by Elder Thomas Faunce in 1741, 121 years after the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth. From that time to the present, Plymouth Rock has occupied a prominent spot in American tradition and has been interpreted by later generations as a symbol both of the virtues and flaws of the first English people who colonized New England. In 1774, the rock broke in half during an attempt to haul it to Town Square in Plymouth. The top portion (the fragment now visible) sat in Town Square, was moved to Pilgrim Hall Museum in 1834, and was returned to its original site on the shore of Plymouth Harbor in 1880. Today it is ensconced beneath a granite canopy designed by McKim, Mead & White.
Plymouth Rock