The Pilgrims Didn't Land On The Rock ..... So Now You Know!

The belief that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock rest solely on the recollection of a ninety five year old man 120 years after the event. In 1741, Elder Thomas Faunce told a crowd that his father, who arrived in America three years after the Mayflower, had once pointed out to him the rock as the place the Pilgrims landed. There is no other evidence for the tradition. Besides, the Harvard historian Edward Channing proved that the ship never could have landed at the rock given the direction of the current.

So Now You Know.......