LAist: The Lamest American Monument Ever: Plymouth Rock

monkette

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:56:31 -0800

times have changed, and we've often rewound the clock, since the puritans got a shock, when they landed on plymouth rock. if today, any shock they should try to stem, ‘stead of landing on plymouth rock, plymouth rock would land on them. in olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now, god knows, anything goes.

Hunter Cashdollar Arlington

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:57:22 -0800

I was also underwhelmed when I saw it. Hunter Cashdollar Arlington

PSD

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:56:44 -0800

Ahh, gotta love the feeble SNL-quality attempt at a "New England" accent... Chowdah on the cahd? If you meant "Chowder on Cape Cod", it's "chowdah down the Cape" or "chowdah on the Cape"...no one ever calls it "The Cod"...a "cahd" is what you send your mom on mother's day or what you get from a blackjack dealer. Happy travels!

elizabeth

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:33:39 -0800

I think they presented it as a big ol' boulder in both Bugs Bunny and the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons, thus our collective misconstruance.

Josh Strike

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:53:22 -0800

Gee, when people said Plymouth rock I always thought more along the lines of Gibraltar... I wonder why they make such a big deal out of it in elementary schools?

Adam Villani

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:48:30 -0800

I have to agree... I saw Plymouth Rock on New Years' Eve, 1997 with a friend from Boston and was similarly underwhelmed. The rest of the historical stuff on that trip? Great! Plymouth Rock? Not so great. The site would be better without the rock to underwhelm people, with just a sign or some displays showing people where the Pilgrims landed. There's no reason to venerate one particular boulder sitting on the beach.

Gregg Fuller

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:30:57 -0800

As a direct Mayflower pilgrim descendant I have to completely agree. Plymouth Rock? Really? The settlement itself might have some historical significance, but some lame little boulder in the ground... No.

KneeJerk

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:53:28 -0800

God, you are a sad, petty little man.