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Photograph of the Landing of the Pilgrims

No one knows who took the first step
onto the shore at Plymouth.

No one is sure that any of the Forefathers actually
stepped on the rock we call Plymouth Rock.


Artists were paid to draw or paint scenes that historians
thought was what really happened but no one is sure.


On the Web: Why do these painting of the first steps show different events?
The Landing of the Pilgrims by Henry A. Bacon
The Landing of the Pilgrims by Michel F. Corne

"The Landing of the Pilgrims" at the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
That's Plymouth Rock? Project last modified August 21, 2006