Famed naturalist Henry Beston wrote, "East of America, there stands in the open Atlantic the last fragment of an ancient and vanished land. Worn by the breakers and the rains, and disintegrated by the wind, it still stands bold."
Landmark for early explorers, Cape Cod was where the Pilgrims first landed and signed the Mayflower Compact, forming the basis of government in Plymouth Colony. Afterward it was again and again the site of confrontations, first between explorers and natives and then between Patriots and Tories.
Saltworks, lighthouses, shipwrecks, and characters as varied as radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill gave Cape Cod its unique landscape and a fascinating human chronicle that was always shaped by the sea. Though its villages all share the easy-going charm one expects from quaint seaside towns, you'll be surprised to find that each one, although small in size, is large in personality. See artist neighborhoods, areas of wild beauty, and regions still steeped in whaling lore and legends of glorious clipper ships.
Historian guide Frank Ackerman will bring to life all the excitement of Cape Cod's celebrated past. Come see a place ever changing. Relentless tides and winds reshape the beaches, cliffs, and boulders, removing evidence that any of us — Native people or Vikings, Pilgrims or presidents, explorers, painters, or inventors — ever set foot here. There's no more fitting place for a HistoryAmerica tour than Cape Cod, where our history began. 
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