Plymouth Rock

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boulder historic landmark tourist attraction

Plymouth Rock is a historic boulder on the shore of Plymouth, Massachusetts, traditionally regarded as the landing site of the Pilgrims in 1620 and a symbol of the founding of the United States.

Aliases (2)

Plymouth Rock Portico ×1
Plymouth Rock vicinity ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boulder → historic landmark → tourist attraction →
approximateDimensions	about 5 feet by 3.5 feet →
approximateWeight	about 10 tons →
associatedWithEvent	European colonization of New England → Mayflower landing → landing of the Pilgrims →
associatedWithGroup	Pilgrims →
associatedWithVessel	Mayflower →
broken	1774 →
country	United States →
county	Plymouth County →
coveredBy	granite portico →
culturalRole	American patriotic symbol → site of commemorations on Thanksgiving →
featuredIn	American school textbooks → tourism brochures for Massachusetts →
firstDocumentedAssociationWithPilgrims	18th century →
hasCoordinateLatitude	41.9583° N →
hasCoordinateLongitude	70.6647° W →
hasInscription	1620 →
hasMaterial	granite →
hasProtectionStatus	protected historic site →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark →
linkedToMyth	traditional but historically uncertain landing site →
locatedIn	Plymouth Harbor → Plymouth, Massachusetts → United States →
managedBy	Commonwealth of Massachusetts → Department of Conservation and Recreation of Massachusetts →
moved	1774 → 1834 → 1880 →
nearbyAttraction	Mayflower II → Pilgrim Hall Museum →
ownedBy	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
partOf	Pilgrim Memorial State Park →
porticoCompleted	1921 →
porticoDesignedBy	McKim, Mead & White →
rejoinedFragments	1880 →
returnedToShoreline	1921 →
state	Massachusetts →
symbolOf	New England heritage → arrival of the Pilgrims → founding of the United States →
touristVisitsPerYear	over one million visitors →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Plymouth County → Plymouth, Massachusetts →	contains
Pilgrim Memorial State Park → Pilgrim Memorial State Park ("Plymouth Rock Portico") →	hasPart
Pilgrim Hall Museum → Plymouth Center Historic District →	locatedNear
National Monument to the Forefathers → Plimoth Patuxet Museums →	near
America’s Hometown →	associatedWithLandmark
Plymouth Harbor →	hasLandmark
Cole's Hill, Plymouth →	hasNearby
Cole's Hill, Plymouth →	hasView
Plymouth, Massachusetts →	knownFor
Pilgrim Memorial State Park →	notableFor
Patuxet ("Plymouth Rock vicinity") →	presentDaySiteOf
Plymouth, Massachusetts →	touristAttraction