Plymouth, MA
Plymouth was settled by the passengers of the Mayflower in 1620, making it one of the earliest permanent English settlements in New England. Known as “America’s Hometown”, Plymouth is forever connected to the Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower, and the story of the first Thanksgiving, as well as the much older history of the Wampanoag people who inhabited this region for thousands of years before the Pilgrims arrived.
Today, its waterfront, historic homes, burial grounds, monuments, and preserved landscapes allow us to explore more than four centuries of history. Plymouth is especially meaningful to us because it is close enough to home that we have returned many times, yet there always seems to be another piece of its remarkable story waiting for us to discover.
Recent Posts
The Mayflower
Standing along the Plymouth waterfront, Mayflower II immediately connects the town to the story that has defined it for more than four centuries. The ship behind us is not the original Mayflower, but a full-scale reproduction built in England and sailed across the Atlantic in 1957 as a symbol of friendship between the United States […]
The Jabez Howland House
Among the many historic houses in Plymouth, the Jabez Howland House has a distinction that makes it extraordinary. Built about 1667, it is considered the only surviving building in Plymouth where people who actually arrived aboard the Mayflower are known to have spent time. Those people were John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley Howland. […]
