While other 400th anniversary events have had to be rescheduled, the new Plymouth stamp will be released by the U.S. Postal Service as scheduled on Sept. 17. Exactly how it will be handled is yet to be determined, though. “There will not be a live event as in other first-day-of-issues in the past,” said George […]
Read MoreThe quadricentennial must go on
PLYMOUTH – Michele Pecoraro is obviously frustrated. Despite the best efforts of the Plymouth 400 Inc. executive director, people don’t seem to understand that the show must go on. “If I hear one more person say Plymouth 400 is cancelled, I’m going to scream,” she said in mock indignation. “We have more things planned now than before.” […]
Read MoreA new cannon for Plymouth
For 65 years, two cannon stood guard on Burial Hill, ceremoniously protecting the site of the first fort of the Plymouth Colony. Next spring, if all goes as planned, a replica of one of them will be returned to its watch position above Town Square. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts delivered the newly forged […]
Read MoreMayflower II Returns To Plymouth Monday After 3-Year Renovation
PLYMOUTH (CBS/AP) —The Mayflower II returned home to Plymouth Monday. The ship docked in Plymouth Harbor, just down the road from the Plimoth Plantation living history museum around 4 p.m. The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 had been in Connecticut for three years to have $11.2 million […]
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