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Recreation. The Jones River flows into Kingston Bay, an arm of Plymouth Bay. At the mouth of the river is the town landing, known as the Ah-De-Nah, where private boats are moored; this is an active area during the summer. The town also has its own beach, Gray’s Beach, for sports, picnicking and swimming. Red Cross swimming lessons are given there during the summer. The Recreation Department keeps a busy program going. Plans are under way for additional soccer fields for the many youngsters engaged in that sport. A Babe Ruth baseball league is active, along with baseball teams for older youngsters. The Council on Aging provides weekly luncheons for senior citizens along with programs and other activities. Kingston has its own indoor tennis courts combined with a health club, and a private golf course is contemplated. Neighboring Plymouth offers several golf courses and beach facilities as well as another gym. Duxbury’s long white sand beach is famous.
Culture.
Kingston Public library sponsors a book group for interested readers, and
maintains a changing display of the works of local artists. Recently a
small art gallery has opened in a renovated barn where local artists meet
to display their work. Music students at Silver Lake High school present
well-attended concerts. Across the town line in Duxbury is the
Duxbury Art Complex and the new Ellison Center for the Arts. In
Plymouth the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra is well supported, and the
town’s famous history is on display in Pilgrim Hall and at Plimoth
Plantation as well as Plymouth Rock and the replica Mayflower.
Social Services. Kingston’s Council on Aging offers programs and a weekly lunch for the town’s senior citizens. Pilgrim’s Hope provides shelter for the homeless, and the town is currently looking for land to donate to Habitat for Humanity.
All three of these South Shore
towns treasure their museum-type historic homes: in Plymouth
the Harlow Old Fort House and the
Howland House, in Duxbury the John Alden House, and in Kingston the Major
John Bradford House, built in 1674 for the grandson of Governor William
Bradford of the Plymouth Colony.
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