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 * What is a symbol? **

something that stands for something else; //especially// **:** something real that stands for or suggests another thing that cannot in itself be pictured or shown

**How many people come yearly to Plymouth Rock?**

Nearly one million people a year come from all over the world to visit the town where in 1620 Europeans first made a home in New England and to see Plymouth Rock

**What does Plymouth Rock look like today?**



**What is a legend?**

a story coming down from the past whose truth is popularly accepted but cannot be checked


 * What evidence is there about who stepped on Plymouth Rock? Is it accurate? **

This is one of the earliest images of the Pilgrims and is based on a 1799 engraving by Samuel Hall. Notice that the Pilgrims are wearing trousers and other costume more typical of the early 1800s than the early 1600s. Also, the Pilgrims are being greeted by Natives. Corne and other artists did not have access to Bradford’s journal, where he records that the first meeting between the Pilgrims and the Natives did not take place until four months after the Pilgrims landed. This is one of several canvases of the same subject painted by Corne during his years in Salem. The works are known more for their romantic charm than for their historical accuracy as they picked up on the theme of Pilgrims as American heroes.

**What has been written about Plymouth Rock? Do these words reflect the faith of the Pilgrim Fathers?** "**This Rock has become an object of veneration** in the United States. I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns in the Union. Does this sufficiently show that all human power and greatness is in the soul of man? Here is a stone which the feet of a few outcasts pressed for an instant; and the stone becomes famous; it is treasured by a great nation; its very dust is shared as a relic."

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 * What is the Native American viewpoint about this historical time?

"Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their culture..."