Pilgrim Steps, Plymouth UK
N 50° 21.970 W 004° 08.018
30U E 419375 N 5579958
The famous Mayflower Steps where the Pilgrim Fathers left England for a new life in America.
Waymark Code: WM1VHD
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/13/2007
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This has always been a great tourist destination. It is the place where so many people left England for new lives in other parts of the world. The most famous being the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620.
The plaque says
The Mayflower made its first landfall at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts on the 11th November after 66 days at sea.
There the Mayflower Compact, the first democratic document written in America, was composed and signed.
"And on the 11th November we came to an anchor in the bay, which is a good harbour and a pleasant bay.... a harbour wherein a thousand sail of ships may safely ride."
from Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Presented May 19, 2000 by the Pilgrim Minument and Provincetown Museum and the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts
Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below)
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Pilgrim Minument and Provincetown Museum and the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts
Year Placed: 2000
County: Plymouth
City/Town Name: Plymouth Devon UK
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