Episode 189: New England Granite
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The Broken Half of Plymouth Rock
Alexis de tokeville, the french chronicler of early america, arrived in plymouth. He marvelled at how the young nation had turned this rock into a relic and imbued it with a near religious power. And he saw others who wanted to take a piece of it home, coming to the metaphorical mountain, chisel in hand.
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