Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Statuary and Stuff
Yep, still haven’t finished posting all the Plymouth pictures that might be worth posting. Today it’s primarily a theme of statues and attractions. Thrilled you are. As usual but not always, click the 400x picture to open an 800x version, and click the text link below the picture for the giant version as it came out of the camera.
First, the obligatory “you are here” sign:
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Deb pointed out that this is what you do if you don’t want people to sit on the wall:
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The Mayflower was remarkably small:
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Some dude named William Bradford:
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There is never any historical revisionism or mythos building. Yup, and Deb didn’t laugh at the rock’s small size and say “that’s it!?” when she first saw it:
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This is a funky stainless steel sculpture/statue celebrating the wide range of immigrants that made the area what it is today, or something like that, but to me it looks like a frozen horror movie scene:
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This statue honors the brave Pilgrim wimmen, but would do that better were it not fronted by a fetid pool of scummy water that has trash in the part not pictured:
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Last, but not least, the now politically incorrect statue of Massasoit near the wax museum I’ve never been in:
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The park that includes the Eddy memorial, immigrant statue, and Pilgrim women statue is very nice. It goes from the waterfront, under the main drag in Plymouth, and extends quite a ways into town. When I was in high school, I used to ride my bike to Plymouth with friends, and we would ride through the park.