A big boulder sitting where the Mayflower came to our shores.
Plymouth Rock - Pilgrim Memorial State Park的点评
点评:Plymouth Rock is a glacial boulder in Plymouth, which was claimed to have been at the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed to found Plymouth Colony in December 1620.
The Pilgrims did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings; the first known written reference to the rock dates from 1715, when it was described in the town boundary records as ‘a great’ rock. The first documented claim of Plymouth Rock as the landing place of the Pilgrims was made by 94-year-old Thomas Faunce in 1741, 121 years after the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth. It is estimated to have weighed more than 20,000 pounds at one time, but people have chipped away at the portion of the Rock that remained on the shoreline, removing hundreds of pounds of stone as souvenirs. In 1774, it broke in half while being moved. Today it is much smaller than visitors might expect, and a portico was erected over it for protection. In 1880, the inscription was carved.
I always believed the story about this big boulder sitting where the Mayflower came to our shores. I was disappointed at the size of the rock now, and glad for the shelter it sits under.
翻译:普利茅斯岩是一块位于普利茅斯的冰川巨石,据称它曾是1620年12月“五月花号”清教徒登陆并建立普利茅斯殖民地的地点。清教徒们在任何著作中都没有提及普利茅斯岩;已知最早的文字记载出现在1715年,当时城镇边界记录将其描述为“一块巨大的”岩石。最早有记载地声称普利茅斯岩是清教徒登陆地点的,是94岁的托马斯·福恩斯在1741年提出的,此时距离清教徒抵达普利茅斯已经过去了121年。据估计,这块巨石曾经重达2万多磅,但人们不断凿取留在岸边的岩石部分,带走数百磅重的石头作为纪念品。1774年,这块巨石在搬运过程中断裂成两截。如今它比游客想象的要小得多,而且为了保护它,还在其上建起了一座门廊。碑文刻于1880年。
我一直相信这块巨石的故事,它就矗立在“五月花号”抵达我们海岸的地方。看到它现在的尺寸,我感到有些失望,但也庆幸它如今有门廊遮蔽。