The Plymouth myth is rock-solid; Settlers: In fact, the Pilgrims landed first at Provincetown — and the rock’s place in history is highly questionable, scholars say.

Plymouth Rock rests on the shore at low tide, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at the harbor in Plymouth, ... First, some facts. The settlers on the Mayflower weren’t all Pilgrims.

Plymouth Rock Piece, 1620 According to popular tradition, Plymouth Rock is the landing site of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. Bradford, an English ...

Plymouth Rock lies at the water's edge in this monument at Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Plymouth, Mass. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 25, 2021. Listen to that audio here.

He ordered to be driven down to the boulder, and sat in a chair next to Plymouth Rock. As a crowd gathered, Faunce explained that this was the landing point for the original settlers, and they ...

And that narrative didn’t begin at Plymouth Rock. The first permanent English settlement was in Virginia , not Massachusetts , in Jamestown , not Plymouth – in 1607, not in 1620.

The geographical landscape of Plymouth (or Plimoth Plantation as the settlers called it in 1621), was a direct link to the foods that were eaten at the first Thanksgiving.

She said they marched through Plymouth, boarded the Mayflower II, and buried Plymouth Rock in sand. The event on Thursday followed a similar plan, sans boarding the ship and burying Plymouth Rock.