Plymouth, known as America’s Hometown, is the site of the first permanent settlement of English colonists in New England. Its history is reflected in Mayflower II, a recreation of the ship that carried the Pilgrims on their 66-day voyage to the New World; Plymouth Rock, the legendary landing place of the Pilgrims; Plimouth Plantation, where interpreters portray actual residents of the early settlement and present seventeenth-century life; the Wampanoag Homesite, which tells of Hobbamock and the culture and history of the people who had lived on this land for hundreds of generations; Pilgrim Hall, the nation’s oldest public museum, with Pilgrim artifacts brought on the Mayflower; and historic homes including the 1640 Sparrow House, 1653 Alden House, 1667 Howland House, 1677 Harlow Old Fort House, 1754 Mayflower Society House, 1809 Hedge House, and the reconstructed Jenney Grist Mill. Plymouth County also joins this heritage to a living community of harbor cruises, whale watches, deep sea fishing, beaches, ponds and lakes, forests, parks, galleries, and town spaces where progress continues without disturbing the past.