Burial Hill

It’s worthwhile to stop in Plymouth at the historical sites of Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims first landed and see the replica of Mayflower II, the ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and Burial Hill, the graveyard where many of the first settlers are buried. It is interesting to note that the fear of Indians at the time was so great that in order to disguise their dwindling numbers, settlers were buried in the dark of the night. The last gravestone dates to 1620. Take a stroll down Leyden Street, the oldest street in New England, and look across to Clark’s Island, where the sick were once quarantined. Handsome, old homes still line the street, seemingly very little has changed from days gone by. You can almost envision someone walking down the street with a lantern, signaling the island that the mail and supplies are on the way, and to meet the boat at the halfway point. There are two museums, the Mayflower Society Museum and the Pilgrim Hall Museum.