Amanda Kersh

Nobody on the Mayflower ever mentioned landing on a rock. The Plymouth Rock story first shows up in 1741, when an elderly man pointed at a boulder and said his stepmother told him the first settlers stepped on it. That's the whole evidence. The rock has been chipped, moved, and carved ever since.

Night 3 of 26.

America took a story with no proof and literally carved it in stone. I respect the commitment. What's a family story everyone swears is true but nobody can prove?

Comment SEASONAL and I'll send you the weekly note. That's where the full story lives, the details that don't fit in a caption.

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