Shipbuilder's District & Powder Point Bridge

After leaving the monument, I drove through the Shipbuilder's District which is full of gorgeous and huge old captain's mansions.  There wasn't really a place to park for photography purposes, but it was a lovely drive.  I came to Duxbury Harbour and parked for a quick walk around.

Set a spell!

This was on a chalkboard outside the seafood restaurant/fish market

I grabbed a tuna melt from French Memories Bakery and ate at an outside table.

An example of one of the mansions.

Quick walk to take a pic of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church

And Pilgrim Church next door.

Next was a quick trip to check out the Powder Point Bridge.  I was glad that there was parking available.  If I'd wanted to drive across, parking on the other side was $15 and I wasn't going to be there that long.

Loved the house near the bridge.

Duxbury Beach, on the other side, is a very long spit of sand that you can drive on.  I didn't want to take a chance with my car since it's not 4 wheel drive.  Maybe this fall I will head up there to beach comb.

Under the bridge

Other side

Or I could've walked across I guess, but I had to get started for home.

Unsettled weather that day.

Still, the sun came out from time to time

One more town crossed off the Local Bucket List!  The summer is already starting to go way too fast and I have so many more places to go!

Oldest Maintained Cemetery in America

Duxbury has always been just an exit off Rte 3, just north of Plymouth.  But I was going to be in the area so I looked up what there is to do and see there.  

The first place I visited is the oldest maintained cemetery in the country.  Pilgrim forefathers Myles Standish and John Alden are interred here which came as a surprise.  I assumed they were buried in Plymouth on Burial Hill.  

John & Priscilla Alden's graves.

These old stones are so awesome.  It's too bad gravestone rubbing is illegal here.

Compared to Europe this is still a very young country.  But this is one of the oldest settlements in the USA.

Just up the road was the Myles Standish Monument.  The gate was closed so I parked down at the bottom and hiked up the hill to see what was up there. 

It was a very peaceful walk.

Finally reached the top of the hill to see this huge column.  How did I never know these places existed? 

The six New England states

View of the water from the road.

Duxbury:  Who knew?