Historical Marker

First Encounter Monument

Historical marker location:
Eastham, Massachusetts
( Marker can be reached from Samoset Road.)
Marker installed: 1920

Commemorating the Pilgrims' first encounter with Native Americans.

In 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred, where American colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation.
Massachusetts random facts