PILGRIM TERCENTENARY Observances at Plymouth December 21, 1920 and the Summer of 1921 Issued by THE PLYMOUTH CORDAGE CO. by authority of the Tercejstenary Town Committee Wm. S. Kyle, Chairman F6« The Pilgrim Tercentenary ~: • biieiior of Pilgrim Hall Events August, ig2o — Celebrations in Holland. September, ig20 — Celebrations in England. December 21, ig20 — Anniversary Exercises in Plymouth. June, July, August, September, ig2i. Principal commemoration at Plymouth. Elaborate pageantry and program to be announced. Prior to the celebration in 192 1 the historic spots in Plymouth are to be restored and the surround- ings beautified in such a manner as to form a suitable permanent memorial to the Pilgrims. Note — It should be remembered that while the three- hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims is in 1920, it falls in the winter — December 21 — and the general observances at Plymouth will take place the following summer, June-September, 1921. See page 12 for bibliography of Pilgrim literature. Everyone should read this year Pilgrim legends and stories as well as history. Apply to your Public Library for any of the books mentioned. [Page Two] Plymouth — June to September, ig2i Pilgrim Tercentenary DECEMBER 21, 1920, will mark the three- hundredth anniversary of the landing at Plymouth of a brave. God-fearing- com- pany, passengers on a little ship — so small indeed that we wonder at her bringing the company in safety across the storm-swept Atlantic. Her name was not even mentioned in early accounts of the venture, but every boy and girl now knows of the Mayflower and of her troubled voyage. That voyage and that landing seem most com- monplace in themselves, but had that little com- - pany been other than it was, in- and the spired by other ideals, sustained ^ J. by a lesser faith, who can say Landing ^|^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^.^^^ 1^^ ^^^ conditions under which we of America would be living three hundred years after the event ? Grown a million-fold in population, with in- crease of wealth and opportunity in like measure, our country today reflects on every hand the spirit of freedom, of religious and civil liberty, of unswerving justice, which was implanted at Plymouth three memorable centuries ago. Humbly walked the little band of first settlers, only faintly aware of their great, God -given rp, ^ . . mission. But from that well- the i ilgrims ^^ters " of courage, of patience, of industry, of progress, of faith and zeal which [ Page Three ] The Pilgrim Tercentenary Pilgrim Monument [ Page Four ] Plymouth — June to September y ig2i inspired all later comers to go forth and conquer the wilderness, to cultivate the fertile prairies, to develop untold natural resources, to found great in- stitutions of education and philanthropy — above all, to build up a national character which could pass through fiery trial to emerge the stronger, and at last to stand forth as the one firm, un- shaken bulwark of human liberties throughout the world. And, like as one who has gone out into the world and been absorbed in its struggle returns at some anniversary season to the ancestral home and finds in so doing one of life's greatest pleas- ures, so now may America well turn her steps on this tercentenary of its founding to the old home of her liberty -loving pioneer forbears. Many are bound to that Pilgrim company by ties of blood, but each and every one who names himself Amer- ican is heir to the great heritage of religious and political liberty descended from early Plymouth and cherished now in every corner of our land. Plans are already made for appropriate ob- servances, both in Holland and in England, of the three-hundredth anniversary of the departure of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven and from Southampton and Plymouth. On December 21, 1920, the anniversary of the landing, appropriate exercises will be held at rr^ . . Plymouth with addresses The Anniversary ^ nationally famous December 21, 1920 3p,^|,,,3^ ^3 ^^^^ ^^^^_ versary date falls at a time of year not fitted for an appropriate out-of-door celebration, the pop- [ Page Five ] The Pilgrim Tercentenary ularly planned features of the commemoration are fixed for the summer months of 1921. hi connection with these plans the Town of Plymouth and the State of Massachusetts have appropriated generous sums of money, and Con- gress has also appropriated a further sum. Much of the work of preparation is in the hands of a specially appointed State Commission. The outdoor program will center about an elab- orate display of pageantry. Beautiful pageants are now in process of preparation. The Town of Plymouth has purchased a site and appropriated $300,000 for building a fine memorial hall. It is proposed Appropriate Treatment of Old Pilgrim Landmarks to devote a great deal of care to restoring old Pilgrim land- marks and to beautifying the shore line of Plymouth Harbor. It is hoped that these plans will be carried out in Birthplace of Governor Bradford [ Page Six Plymouth — June to September^ ig2i Scrooby Church such a manner that the many visitors in 1921 may do reverence to the Pilgrims amid surroundings entirely fitted to form a permanent and inspiring memorial to those whose labors of three hundred years ago were our guarantee of national great- ness today. Particular attention will be given to the Rock and its immediate surroundings. Buildings and wharves near the Rock will be removed to give opportunity for restoring and beautifying the landing place. Cole's Hill, rising back of the Rock, will be changed and restored somewhat, to allow the proper preservation of the early graves of those who died that first winter. Still farther back from the water is Burial Hill with its ancient graves, many of them with quaint and interesting epitaphs. Here improvements will [ Page Seven ] The Pilorim Tercentenarv The '' Mayfloxver" in Plvmonib Harbor be made and the slopes of the hill regraded to their original shape. Much attention will be given also to the shores of old Town brook and the famous Pilgrim Meresteads. While the old log houses of the settlers have disappeared, while the ancient fort long ago Many Scenes Dear to the Pilgrims May Still Be Enjoyed passed away, and the Indian neighbors of old have all passed on to the Happy Hunting Ground, it is interesting to know how many scenes familiar to the Pilgrims may yti be observed today. As we stand upon the eminence of Burial Hill we still have spread out before us a panorama very like that which the Pilgrim sentinel viewed from the watchtower. We may still look down old Leyden Street — the first street — named by the Pilgrims in mem- ory of their place of sojourn in Holland. We [ Page Eight 1 Plymouth — June to September, 1921 can map out in imagination the location of the early Pilgrim homes. There is the site of the first house — '' Ye first house for comone use to receive them and their goods.'* Near the head of the street was the house of Governor William Bradford, and opposite was j Elder Brewster's home with its famous spring, whose waters the Pilgrim of today may still drink as did the fathers of 1620. From the hill also you may still look across the blue waters of Massachusetts Bay, over which came the Pilgrim ship. On a clear day may be seen the monu- ment at Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, twenty-five miles away, where the Mayflower first anchored. Nearer at hand the Gurnet headland guards the entrance to Plymouth's outer harbor, then the I white sands of Saquish and Plymouth beach. Clark's Island shows its mound of green grass and trees, and across the harbor looms Captain's Myles StandisFs Famous Sword, His Kettle and Platter [ Page Nine The Pilgrim Tercentenary Hill, in Duxbury, the later home of Captain Myles Standish. The imposing monument to that hero crowns the height. To the south is Town brook, on its opposite side Watson's Hill. Here came Samoset, provi- dentially sent to welcome the settlers in their own native tongue. Soon he brought to them Massa- soit, sachem of the Wampanoags, with whom was made a treaty of peace held inviolate for half a century. Later came to live with the Pilgrims, Squanto and Hobomok, '' friend of the white man." Wherever one may look from this hilltop he may see those spots dear to the Pilgrims' hearts and associated with their early struggle. Wherever one may go, not only in the " Plimouth Plantation " and its neighbor- ing *' Massachusetts Bay," but all over New England, he will find reminders of The Charms of New England — Natural and Historical Levdeii Street [ Page Ten Plymouth — June to September, ig2i Plymoiilh Courthouse, and at Right, Registiy of Deeds Con- taining Many Old Records the old Colonial days. He will hear legend and story of the good old times ; he will confuse his tongue with the old Indian names still borne by many a lake and stream and mountain ; he will find a new inspiration and an unexpected pleasure in this Pilgrim Country. So the lover of the Pilgrims and every true American who cherishes a spark of reverence for the ideals of our early settlers who visit the Old Colony in 1921 will have a glorious oppor- tunity to experience the delights of summer on the New England coast, and to gain refreshment in body and in spirit. [ Page Eleven ] The Pilgrim Tercentenary Plymouth and Pilgrim Bibliography Addison, Albert C. The Romantic Story of the May- flower Pilgrims and Its Place in the Life of Today. Ames, Azel. The Mayflower and Her Log, July 15, 1620- May 6, 1621, Chiefly from Original Sources. Arber, Edward. Story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Banvard, Joseph. Plymouth and the Pilgrims; or, Inci- dents of Adventure in the History of the First Settlers. Bartlett, W. H. The Pilgrim Fathers; or. The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First. Bradford, William, Bradford's History of " Plimoth Plantation," from the Original Manuscript. Brigham, William, Ed. The Compact, with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth, and an Appendix Containing the Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New Plymouth. Brown, John. The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and Their Puritan Successors. mJhv^B^^?'- '-«i^— .. -....-^_ . 4^, J Pilgrim Hall [ Page Twelve ] Plymouth — June to September, ig2i ^ V t ■^' K^p ^^ n^^faf;^ ^WmMI ^ n^^^H^^^^U|l||WMLbgp m^^^^Sl A Spot Oil Burial Hill Campbell, Douglas. The Puritan in England, Holland, and America. Cheever, George B. The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in New England, in 1620. Crooker, Joseph H. The Winning of Religious Liberty . Davis, William T. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. •. Davis, William T. History of the Town of Plymouth. Davis, William T. Plymouth Memories of an Octo- genarian . Dexter, Morton. Story of the Pilgrims. FiSKE, John. The Beginnings of New England. Goodwin, John A. The Pilgrim Republic; an Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth. Griffis, William E. The Pilgrims in Their Three Homes — England, Holland, and America. Hanks, Charles S. Our Plymouth Forefathers, the Real Founders of Our Republic. Hunter, Joseph. Collections Concerning the Church, or Congregation of Protestant Separatists, Formed at Scrooby, in North Nottinghamshire, in the Time of King James I, the Founder of New Plymouth. {Page Thirteen] The Pilgrim Tercentenary JENKS, Tudor. Captain Myles Standish. Kingman, Bradford. Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass., from 1657 to 1692, with Biographical and Historical Notes. Morton, Nathaniel. New England's Memorial. Noble, Frederick A. The Pilgrims. PUMPHREY, Margaret B. Stories of the Pilgrims (for children). Robinson, John. Works; with a Memoir by Robert Ashton. 3 vols. Russell, William S. Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Plymouth. Stowell, W. H., and Wilson, D. History of the Puritans and Pilgrim Fathers. Usher, Roland G. The Pilgrims and Their History. (1918.) Usher, Roland G. Story of the Pilgrims for Children. WiNSLOW, William C. Governor Edward Winslow and His Part and Place in Plymouth Colony. Winthrop, John. History of New England from 163O- 1649. Young, Alexander. Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, from 1602-1 625. "mis ^^^ ^ Standish House and Momimeut [ Page Fourteen ] Plymouth — June to September, ig2i Plays and Novels Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Austin, Mrs. Jane G. Betty Alden. David Alden' s Daughter. Dr. LeBaron and His Daughters. Nameless Nobleman. Standish of Standish. Standish of Standish; dramatized version by Mrs. Annie Russell Marble. Champney, Elizabeth W. Patience, a Daughter of the Mavflou'er. Donnelly, Henry G. Fairhaven: a Story of Pilgrim Land. Donnelly, Henry G. Faith White's Letter Book, 1620- 1623, Plymouth, New England. Mackay, Constance d'A. Plays of the Pioneers. Sears, Edmund H. Pictures of the Olden Time, as Shown in the Fortunes of a Family of the Pilgrims. R^nm^^ ■^^xi WMrM r;^ ^^w^^^^^^^^hBRI S^u^^^ . 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