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Signing of the Mayflower Compact Monument is a historic monument located at 106 Bradford St in Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1921, designed by Cyrus Edwin Dallin. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Provincetown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Signing of the Mayflower Compact Monument is a historical marker in Provincetown, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.0518, -70.1881 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mayflower Passengers Who Died At Sea Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Multi-Family House at 104A Bradford St, House at 104 Bradford St, and House at 116 Bradford St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This monument marks the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the agreement drawn up by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower while anchored in Provincetown Harbor in November 1620. The compact established a rudimentary framework of self-government for the colony before the passengers went ashore. It is often regarded as an early foundational document in the tradition of American constitutional government.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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