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Along came the Mayflower with 104 Pilgrims looking for a place to land
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the rock became a subject for converstation
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some of the First Comers decided to celebrate the anniversary of the Landing. From now on, they said, December 22 would be called Forefathers Day
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the tempers of the Pilgrims were boiling
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The biggest, strongest liberty men who could be found assembled at the waterfront with large jackscrews, iron cahins, and thirty yoke of oxen
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the Pilgrims moved the rock to the front of Pilgrim Hall
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until now the Pilgrim Society owned the upper part of the wharf. Then they tore it down
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an imposing stone canopy was raised over the bottom half of the rock
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they moved the upper part of the rock down ti the lower part and they semented them together
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This was the 300th anniversary of the Landing, and of course, for such and important event something would have to be done. The biggest thing anyone could think of was to move the rock.
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So out came the iron chains again, out came a crane, out came the people of Plymouth to cheer for the rock on its new journey