Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
THE PILGRIMS.
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TIE KesrxEsI 10 TEEIR HExegY.
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a glss !. sad -4s cigzsns net ol-y u e.
historic town but q a. tAs country az
have arire1 - msks tns occasion ne
rTol-ss- Il ths his-ory of Ehs cd &C ouY.
a. - ar IS t1ey Ray one of ths Eroua-
e. iu ths history 0f Lhs Amsrican linton
1le Icnament - situated On one o. lie
Z zksss aills Ia The t1an. Lt.ls northwest
OF ths rock a. v hich 10 pilgrims LANDED
aad about veal Of IEs anchorage or tAs
Aaya7~eE
u - IN 1888 that the proposition wAs
frs- made 70 erect = suitable memorial %
corauelnorass the landing Of tas pilgrim.
TIE monuuent a. Il now stands kss cost
5 U1 10. snd. With ths exception " ons
tablet. azs been r1s work OF tAs Halio~eli
Granite Company. u IL Sold granite
tlro1g ho4t ana cor lists or an oc-4g
oaal pedestal forty i've fse5 high. upon
tae center 4 70 hieh stands the figure OF
Faith. uAirty-s'x 'es- hisa resting one foot
upon P.YmOlth rOek aa1 holding IN her
l5fJ hand an open Llble, while the rigas
arm, gviitsd p8la-s toward Heaven. 1Ao
pedestal has -four age aaG tax sf-al f4ce4
Upon the former xle tablets solring the
naIaes % the founders .. ths CO ony and
hi-torrc facts connected with ths orig.n@.
&c dement, While ron tho smaller faces
project four saLtrssses or wing pcdes-els.
Upon each OF these is seated figure or Ae-
Toic slzs reDresenuas with the ngure O:
Ialth. The principles ot the lounders These
figures are Morality, Educstion. Free
dom and Law, and on the faces OF the
pedestal ~ their fee. are slto-relief tablets
representing the embarkauon at Delft
Haven. the signing OK tie social compact
in the cabin OF ,As MayE0wer. the landing
Al Plymouth, aud TIE first treaty with the
Indians The sides Of the wing psdsstais
have figured tablets carving out the ideas
o. the figures above them.
The pedestal aud the tablets are the rs
sui. OF contributions from al parts Of tee
United states The figure o. Faith WA the
gift OF tho aate Oliver Arues aud cost ~ :
COO Toward the figure OF Morality tbs com
monwealth OF Massachusetts appropriated
SO, 900 and FOR the accompanying relief tne
State OF Connecticut gaze sS.OJ0. The rguts
o. Education. with the tablet vaas tie git
OF Rolana Math.r, Esq. OF hartford. Conn. !,
while FOR that OF Freedom. with its tablet.
an appropriation of $1,000 was secured
from the United States Government
mainly through the instrum sntality of the
Hon John D. Long. Law and its tablet
ye-s throughout the country.
The corner stone Of the monument was
laid August ?. lS1e. with impressive cere-
monies. which included addresses By Rich
crd Warren. OF New York, then president
or tae Pilgrim Society; General y. T. Banks
tnea Governor OF Massachusetts,. and
Colonel John T. Head, then grand
master OF tas Masonic Grand Lodge
or the State. A box containing val
liable records was placed IN the stone
by tho late Dr. Nathaniel o Shurtleh OF
Boston In behalf OF the building commit
tee. Tho pedestal was completed and the
figure OF Faith was placed in position in
1857. and in 1873 Morality was added Edu-
cation FOL owed not long after. but 10 was
no. until last year that the figures OF Law
and Freedom completed the monument
The exercises Of dedication have been
planned By q committee OF the Pilgrim
Society, 90 which the selecsmen OF
Plymouth have been joined. headed by
Hon. William T. Davis who presided
when the cornerstone was laid at
o'clock IN the morning the Masonic
Grand Lodge win dedicate the monu-
rent according to the ritual Of the order.
At IL o'clock q procession Will form,
included IN which viii be the Governor
ana large militia escort, tne GRAND Arm
of the Republic the Masons, the Odd-lel-
lows. the members OF the Pilgrim Society
and others. Dinner VII be served az l
o'clock probably in the hall OF the Pilgrim
Society, and here the literary exercises viii
taEe place Eon- w C. F. BreckinTidge OF
Kentucky. viii be the orator Of the day,
and John Boyle O'Reiliy. of Boston,
the poet. and after-dianer speeches az OK
pected from Ex-Governor LcaR. president
o. tho Pilgrim sociery; President Ea.ri-
con. ex-Presiderts HaVes and Cleveland,
Secretary Blaine. Senasofs ingalls,. Evas5s
and Boar. Congressman Carlisle Randall,
Lodge. Banks and Greonhalgs. Chaunc ;
r Dopew, Joseph r. Choatc, Hon. Thomas
J. Bayard General Sherman and others OF
tho invited guests. aud Nyroa P whine :
VII sing Thu Breaking Waves Dashed
High"
4 ball aad pyrotcchnic display ia tl.
evening wiz bring The festivities 10 a cicsc.
Already the streets have been spanned by
arches and other indications OF a gala. oc
casion are visible. AID unless the weather
proves iaausqloious the Old Colony people
viii make it TIE biggest Of their many celia
brati ons.