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The Beginning
Along came 1620, and on the 22nd day of December, the pilgrims came and not one of them made notice of the rock that been sitting in their harbor. -
Nonsence
The Seafaring men thought it was nonsense that the First Comers would have been crazy to land near the rock. -
The Questioning
The Pilgrims decided to ask Elder Thomas Fraunce about the rock and were wondering if they could build a wharf there. -
Forefathers Day
On December 22, 1769, the descendants of the First Comers decided they would celebrate Forefathers Day. -
A New Home
As the people moved both sides of the rock to a new home, they decided it would be best to put it under an elm tree. -
The First Break
When the making of the wharf, the people tried to left the rock out of the wharf to make it complete, but the rock broke in two. -
The Second Break
The Pilgrims decided to move the rock, AGAIN! But, it didn't end up very well... It sort of broke... again.. -
Confusion
The rock had a nice new home with a black picket fence surrounding it in front of Pilgrim Hall. Now on the rock, there were names of people who had signed the Mayflower Compact. -
History in Two
After 100 years of moving the Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims finally decided to stop moving the rock. Its was too bad. A piece of American history cut in 2- one part enshrined in a stone monument, and the other part stuck behind a little iron fence. -
Another New Home
Soon, the two parts of the rock were reunited. The top was cemented to the bottom. The Pilgrims washed off the paint that said, '1620,' and carved 1620 in the rock instead. Then, a huge monument for the rock was built and it was as big as a Greek temple! Every year people came to visit it and the rock became famous. -
Another Forefathers
In the 1800s the Pilgrims celebrated Forefathers Day by walking up to the rock and firing a cannon, now, some people go up to the rock and fire a cannon and the rest of the people probably don't celebrate at all.