Sunday, October 13, 2013
Plimoth and Boston
Did you notice I spelled Plimoth a little differently. This is how the settlers spelled it back in the 16 and 1700's. We discovered that the Pilgrims had absolutely nothing to do with Thanksgiving, Abraham Lincoln did. Just a few years later, give or take. Seeing how the Pilgrims and Indians lived back then was very interesting. We got to be on a replica of the Mayflower. It is hard to believe that they had 120 people on that ship, and they were never allowed on deck. Contrary to history they did not get along with the Indians either. We got to go to Cheers and have a drink. No, nobody knew our name. We saw the "Constitution" from a distance. We drove past Fenway Park. We participated in Boston Teaparty. We stood in the room where the American Revolution started. We just got to Kentucky and have not seen our Great granddaughter yet.
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Ok I found this on the internet because we were talking about how big it once was.
ReplyDelete"The real Plymouth Rock was a boulder about fifteen feet long and three feet wide which lay with its point to the east, thus forming a convenient pier for boats to land during certain hours of tide. This rock is authenticated as the pilgrims' landing place by the testimony of Elder Faunce who in 1741 at the age of ninety-five was carried in a chair to the rock, that he might pass down to posterity the testimony of pilgrims whom he had personally known on this important matter. It is estimated that the original Rock weighed 20,000 lb. However, in 1774, the rock was split into two parts, with the bottom portion left behind at the wharf and the top portion being relocated to the town's meeting house." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Rock :D Imagine how big it must have been!