Tisquantum Strange Friend of the Pilgrims
Broadcast: 23rd January 1940
Added: Jan 24 2013
Some 37 miles south of Boston where the south shore becomes Cape Cod there is a granite boulder two-thirds embedded in New England earth. This rock is neither a Gibraltar nor a Coupe Quebec but it is a symbol of a glorious American tradition.
Generations of Americans have gone to Plymouth and have meditated upon the simple figures 1620 carved in the rock surface. We all know some parts of the dramatic story of our pilgrim fathers but only a very few are acquainted with an early and genuine American hero, Tisquantum.
It is possible that without Tisquantum Plymouth rock would have no meaning for us today.