Plymouth is a town rich in history, with a multitude of fascinating things to see, do and experience. Here are some of the highlights.

Seventeenth century weddings were events rich with social and spiritual meaning, just as they are today. These loving rites of passage were defining moments in the lives of the Wampanoag and the English settlers. In June, Plimoth Plantation presented the first of three weddings, an English country wedding that never would have happened in Plimoth Colony.

Plimoth Plantation invites the community to take part in a new lunch break alternative, with the second in a series of free noontime lectures held the first Thursday of every-other-month at Plimoth Plantation. The lively and informative, one-hour lectures are hosted by some of New England’s foremost historians, artists and educators, and are designed with enrichment in mind.

Plymouth Rock is the symbolic stepping stone from the Old World to the new.

Plymouth, Mass., is a town rich in history, with a multitude of fascinating things to see, do and experience. At 103.2 square miles, Plymouth is the largest municipality in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Myles Standish State Forest represents 21 square miles of that total area.

Paddling the local waterways was a way of life for the Native Wampanoag and Colonial English people of the 17th century. This July, join Plimoth Plantation’s Native and Colonial maritime staff for an exciting water adventure modeled after the trips taken by those who traveled before us, as the museum presents the Paddle at Patuxet!

Plymouth's history begins at the Rock. The area's history predates its modern era by many centuries with its occupation by native people. But Plymouth the settlement and eventually the town was born in 1620 by seperatist Englishmen who sought a place to practice their religion free of the Church of England. More settlers followed, the colony expanded with Boston as its center, and Plymouth became less important in the bigger picture.

But Plymouth in that first generation of settlement was home to a mighty demonstration of determination, hard work and the most basic of all needs - survival. Plymouth developed in many ways and directions. It became home to immigrants of all stripes and fostered industries born of its proximity to the sea and eventually rail. Many Plymoutheans have called the town their home for many generations. The modern story, however, begins almost 400 years ago, when a small ship filled with a hundred foreigners dropped anchor within the harbor. Winter was upon them, and their fight for survival set the stage for the decades to come.

Enter the sites listed here, and begin your adventure in Plymouth as the Pilgrims began theirs.

 If you’re an osprey looking to build a nest way up high, why not turn to “Faith” on the National Monument to the Forefathers and offer to weave her a crown of sticks?

Gurnet Light has been offering guidance to ships since 1768. It stands 102 high atop “the Gurnet,” a bluff that juts like a pointy elbow from the long spit of sand that runs southward from Duxbury and Marshfield, and then right-angles west, pointing the seafaring traveler into Plymouth Harbor.

An art show and sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29 and from noon to 4 pm. May 30 at First Parish.