Plymouth Rock: America’s Saddest Monument.

• artbot
  July 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 pm

  “….some people described it as “the most disappointing landmark in America” because of its small size and poor visitor access.”

  And then there’s that unappealing wholesale slaughter of an entire continents’ indigenous peoples thing. But the parking sucks!

• Jay
  July 3rd, 2007 at 1:09 pm

  And, too, if memory serves, it’s dubious whether or not the rock is “the” rock, as it wasn’t identified as such until many decades later, by a very elderly Pilgrim who essentially said, “Uh, that might be the one, I think…”

• BelchSpeak
  July 3rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm

  The Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England is much cooler.
  http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk/images/stepslookingout.jpg

  Also, that whole Mayflower thing was a fluke. There were already Americans and a government flourishing on the continent at a little place called Jamestown, which just celebrated its 400th anniversary.

• Juggling Frogs
  July 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 pm

  Granted, the rock isn’t very exciting. But, there’s Plimoth Plantation nearby, which is definitely worth a visit.

• jenni
  July 3rd, 2007 at 8:17 pm

  we were taught in high school that the plymouth rock story was a hoax. apparently it was originally found too far inland(i think that is the story) to have been the original landing point for the pilgrims.

• meg
  July 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 pm

  I found it less “sad” (if you ignore the destroying the indiginous part) and more pathetic and boring.

• Trevor
  July 3rd, 2007 at 9:25 pm

  Many people around the world have been effected and deeply saddened by the establishment of the United States of America. This rock is just a starting point for worldwide grief.

• jael
  July 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm

  Oh Trevor, you pathetic little lifeform. Many have been BLESSED by the formation of this nation. What sorry propaganda have you suckled on son?

• Tinderbox
  July 3rd, 2007 at 11:03 pm

  I came to read this post’s comments specifically to see how long it would take until a reply like artbot’s appeared. And it was the first one!

  Liberals never pass up a cheap shot at anything to do with badmouthing America or Western civilization. My faith in human predictability is strengthened thanks to artbot. Thanks, artbot!

• Adam Stanhope
  July 4th, 2007 at 12:42 am

  Plymouth Rock is exactly two miles from my home.

  It really, really does suck.

• ted
  July 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm

  Those who find it disappointing or “pathetic and boring” are lacking in imagination.

  It’s not magical: it’s a symbol, and a tourist trap. It’s not Niagara Falls. It’s a rock. But maybe you could look at it through less cynical eyes, and not as an excuse to flaunt your hate-filled political beliefs and agendas.

  The Mayflower replica (right beside the rock) is a strange and curious disappointment because it’s so small. You have to wonder how they traveled in such a confined space.

  And Jamestown is cool, too.

• Chris
  July 4th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

  Well, live the rock alone, take your car, go South and drive up Manomet Point. There enjoy the view, enter the Lobster Pound and buy the best clam chowder in New England!
  http://www.lobsterpound1.com/

  (note: I am not related to those guys, I’m just a happy customer

• MadMolecule
  July 5th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

  I always thought the most disappointing tourist attraction was the Odessa Meteor Crater in Texas: http://www.texasbob.com/travel/tbt_odscrt.html

  Plymouth Rock looks worse, though.

• america, america
  July 6th, 2007 at 10:38 am

  i know how to remedy this problem: one world PLYMOUTHCOASTER. and also an ambitious plan to make plymouth rock larger than mount rushmore. all proceeds will go to a fund that will attempt to raise money for beads so that native americans can buy back america from amerrica. of course, the price of a seventeenth century bead is far different from a twentieth century bead.

  PLYMOUTHCOASTER

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