Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-06
A MONUMENT
To PILGRIMS.
Features Of Memorial TO Be
Dedicated at PToVincetOWn.
SHAFT MADE OF MAINE STONE
National Government Supervised the
Work on the Structure-Various Me.
mortal Stones Recalling Historical
Scenes Used In Interior Decoration

Work on the Structure-Various Me.
mortal Stones Recalling Historical
Scenes Used In Interior Decoration.
Practically complete. the new pill
grim memorial at Proviucetown. Mass
awaits the decision of President Taft
as TO the exact date OF dedication. In
all probability the event will take place
during the first week in August. In
addition to the president. the commit
tee believes II has Il great rawiny
card in the fact that President Emeri
tus Eliot of Harvard has consented to
deliver the historical address The
| cornerstone was laid Aug. 20. 1907 b,
| former President Roosevelt.
BY the terms of the contract til,
| shaft was to be $50 feet high. but II So
happens that the finished structure ok
ceeds that figure by Two feet and seven
inches. The monument has cost abou'
100000. Of which sum $4,000 was con
tributed by the national government
and $4,000 by the state of Massachu
sets. The remainder has been raised
by private subscription through the et
forts of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memoir
al association. an organization which
came out Of a gradually growing senti
ment that there should be erected AT
rrovincetowu a memorial that should
be worthy reminder of the deeds done
by the pilgrims at the tip end OF the
cape in the weeks preceding the sailing
of the Mayfower for Plymouth. for.
contrary to common opinion. it was II,
Provincetown and not across the bay
that the pilgrims made their first land
ing in New England.
Pilgrims at Provincetown.
The great reason for linking Prov
incetown and the pilgrims lies in the
fact that while the historic craft lay al
anchor there and before the passengers
set foot on land there WAS drawn up in
the cabin thar immortal compact OF
civil government which Edward Ev
rrett Hale declared was US important
rs the Declaration Of Independence. its
veritable forerunner. in fact. and which
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