Dighton is an immigrant rock!  Ten thousand years ago, during the last Glacial Period, it  started rolling down, together with huge pieces of ice,  from North of New England, or even Canada, until it finally rested,  upside-down,  on the left bank of  the Taunton River.

For many centuries the only protection  it had was  being covered by tidal water,  twenty hours per day!  The rest of the time, it  had to RESIST   the attacks of  the vandals who  made a variety of engravings  defacing it! 

Luckily its composition is strong, being rich in mica and feldspar!

Dighton Rock has been in the "RING" fighting,  resisting not only the aggressive  physical elements, but also the human jealousies and enviousness. 

Fortunately, since 1974,  it has been preserved inside of a glass enclosure. Now it is not anymore the "miserable boulder",  but instead   has become a precious rock!   

It is  finally a protected American Monument, the corner of the American History! 

Let us now review the series of the "fighting rounds" that Dighton Rock has resisted, suffered and  survived!