Introduction
40 miles SE of Boston
Everyone educated in the United States knows at least a little about Plymouth -- about how the Pilgrims, fleeing religious persecution, left Europe on the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock in December 1620. Many also know that the Pilgrims endured disease and privation, and that just 51 people from the original group of 102 celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621 with Squanto, a Pawtuxet Indian associated with the Wampanoags, and his cohorts.
What you won't know until you visit is how small everything was. The Mayflower (a replica) seems perilously tiny, and when you contemplate how dangerous life was at the time, it's hard not to marvel at the settlers' accomplishments. One of their descendants' accomplishments is this: Plymouth is in many ways a model destination, where the 17th century coexists with the 21st, and most historic attractions are both educational and fun. Tourists jam the downtown area in the summer, but the year-round population...
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Plimoth Plantation
- This attraction, an hour's drive south of Boston, is a working recreation of the Pilgrims' 1627 settlement, their ship, the Mayflower and a Wamponoag...
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- Nile Expert Tip: Ask the pilgrims any question you want - they still won't go out of character!
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Pilgrim Hall Museum
This is a great place to get a sense of the day-to-day lives of Plymouth's first European residents. Many original possessions of the early Pilgrims...
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Mayflower II
- In the 1950s, shipbuilder William Baker designed and built this accurate recreation of the cramped vessel the Pilgrims took from England to the...
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