Pilgrim Hall Museum – Plymouth Rock Foundation

The 400th Anniversary of the Signing of the Mayflower Compact Day

PilgrimsBy Dr. Paul Jehle November 1, 2020

Mayflower Compact Day is hardly heard of these days. It used to be on the calendar years ago, but now it is not taught or remembered in most schools in America though we have benefited from it as a legacy of self-government All it takes, however, is for a few to commemorate its significance to…

Thomas Faunce: “The Man Who Saved Plymouth Rock”

HistoryBy Dr. Paul Jehle February 1, 2020

Thomas Faunce, born in 1646 in Plymouth, is the key individual who preserves the memory of the rock the Pilgrims stepped on when landing in Plymouth in December of 1620. The fifth of eight children, his father John arrived on the Anne in 1623 at about 15 years of age and was thus considered a…