What’s the real story and legacy of Plymouth Rock?

Did the so-called “Pilgrims” REALLY step upon that particular rock that fateful Autumn of 1620?

Why and how did Plymouth Rock become the defining “Founding of America" Myth?

My dog Noodles and I visit the rock in Plymouth Massachusetts to find out!

Works Cited:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1wxsdq.7?searchText=plymouth+rock&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dplymouth%2Brock%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A613af71a7850d2e61fbd659b9b9eb5f9&seq=6

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41779364?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

They Knew They Were Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty by John G Turner

https://www.history.com/articles/the-real-story-behind-plymouth-rock

https://www.studentsofhistory.com/comparing-jamestown-plymouth-colonies

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Plymouth-Rock-United-States-history

https://www.history.com/articles/william-bradford

https://www.history.com/articles/king-james-bible-most-popular

https://www.history.com/articles/mayflower-compact

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/lawes-divine-morall-and-martiall/

https://www.neh.gov/blog/plymouth-colony-and-beginnings-liberty-america-qa-neh-public-scholar-john-turner

https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/The%20Mayflower%20Compact.pdf

https://www.potawatomi.org/blog/2020/11/25/the-true-dark-history-of-thanksgiving/

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