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SITE OF THEHOMESTEAD OFCAPTAINMYLES STANDISHTHEMILITARY LEADEROF PLYMOUTH COLONYHERE STOOD THEHOUSE WHERECAPTAINMYLES STANDISHLIVED AND DIEDOn the peninsula called "The Nook" in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on Mayflower Drive, is a small one acre property that looks like an empty lot over looking Duxbury Bay and Plymouth Harbor. At one time most of this peninsula was owned by the Standish family. This is the site of the original home Captain Myles Standish built in 1632. He died here in 1656, and his home burned to the ground around 1665. You can still see the cellar hole, marked by granite posts, with several commemorative markers....