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Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The first grave was of Stephen Russell in 1787 and the first engraved stone was of Ichabod Sampson in 1788. The Duxbury Crematory, also owned by the town, is located on the cemetery grounds.
The Old Shipbuilder's Historic District is a 287-acre (116 ha) historic district in Duxbury, Massachusetts.The district includes both sides of Washington Street extending from South Duxbury (also known as Hall's Corner) to Powder Point Avenue, including several side streets off of Washington and a small portion of St. George Street and Powder Point Avenue.
Duxbury was founded by the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth Colony, and was incorporated in 1637. Its original municipal center was on Chestnut Street in South Duxbury, where its first two meeting houses stood. The third meeting house was built on the site of the First Parish Church in 1787, marking the movement of town facilities inland from ...
DUXBURY − An oceanfront residential Goose Point compound owned by a former Citicorp CEO is on the market for $40 million. The Long Point Lane estate sits on 25 acres along Cape Cod Bay and has ...
As interest in the Old Burying Ground increased during the late 19th century, visitors to Duxbury frequently inquired after the gravesite of Captain Myles Standish, leader of the Pilgrim militia and one of the first settlers of Duxbury. In the 1880s, there was considerable debate as to the final resting place of Capt. Standish. [15]
Duxbury Middle/High School is located on Alden Street and serves grades 6–12. Duxbury High School [24] was rebuilt into a combined building along with Duxbury Middle School, [24] called the 21st Learning experience. Duxbury's athletic teams are known as the Dragons, and their colors are green and white.
Archaeologists working near Luxor announced a bevy of new finds they believe could “reconstruct history” thanks to the wealth of artifacts they discovered in a mixture of rock-cut tombs ...
The DRHS, originally known as the Duxbury Rural Society, was founded on November 14, 1883 by a group of individuals concerned about the deteriorating condition of their community. During the early 19th century, Duxbury had been a prosperous center of wooden shipbuilding .