Pluviose
the name adopted, in October, 1793, by the French Convention for the fifth month of the republican year. It commenced on Jan. 20, and was the second winter month.
York, New Haven, Bay, and on the New York, and Hartford railroad; 37 miles S. E. of Boston. The town has electric lights, water works, electric street railroads, court house, public library, National and savings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has a large industry in cod fish, and manufactures of cordage, cotton, ducks, woolen and cotton goods, zinc, steel and iron products, cooperage, etc. Plymouth is of importance as the spot where the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Dec. 21, 1620. A portion of the rock on which they first stepped has been placed in front of Pilgrim Hall, in which are preserved old books, paintings, pictures, and other valuable relics. The rock itself is in Water Street, and is covered by a handsome granite te canopy.
Plymouth also has the National monument, 81 feet high, erected to the Pilgrims at a cost of $200,000, and dedicated in 1889. There are also statues of Faith, Morality, Law, Freedom, and Education. Pop. (1910) 12,141; (1920) 13,045.