Plymouth Rock
The Plymouth Rock is traditionally regarded as the place where William Bradford and the other Pilgrims , on the Mayflower sailed to the New World, went ashore. Even if the first reference to the rock is not found until 121 years after landing, Plymouth Rock is an important American memorial and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1970 . It is located in the port of Plymouth, Massachusetts , enclosed by a monument built by McKim, Mead, and White , the Plymouth Rock Monument . The landing of the pilgrims at or on Plymouth Rock was depicted by Henry A. Bacon in his painting The Landing of the Pilgrims in 1877 . Malcolm X quoted the ( white ) founding myth in a speech with the words: “We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us ”(English for“ We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us ”). This quote was also mentioned in the feature film Malcolm X and is also the prelude to the scene "Anything Goes" in the Broadway musical Anything Goes of the same name .
