The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-23
NATION JOINS :.
TO CELEBRATE /
FIRST LANDING n N
Arrival of Pilgrim Fathers to Be
Honored by Unique
Exercises
EPIC AG AIN RETOLD
sooth Anniverrsary2& commem.
Grated on Very spot in
> Plymouth .,

shulte OF fiyinoutn bay, where "Che
breaking waves dashed high" when
the Pilgrims set fJot Oh Plymouth
I Rock on Decen1)er II, 1920, their
descendants joined with other dis
A-"."..e.. lllo.l vi the generation in
America, Great Britain and Holland
IN OBSERVING today with due; so.emity
the tercentenary of their landing. The
/ .ia.or Was ocha,Or Henry Cabot
hodgef successor in representatlo.
in the Senate from Massachusetts OF
daniel WtJstel, who delivered the
famous "Ply mouth Oration'' at the
two hundredth anniy ersary
An address was delivered by Gov
erhor CALVIN, Coolidge, wee president.
elect, ana a poem. SI 6.ss 55-lN,5J," was
lead by l,ean Lu3aroni It. Briggs OF
] ne faculty Of arts and sciences OF
Harvard University. Hymns approprl
ate to the occasion, were sung, in
nudHg tlne Ia alulng OF the Pilgrims
by Mrs. Felicia iHemans, known to
g,ely American schooE boy and girl
for generations.
Scholarly Outline ~
Senator Lodge gave Il scholarly out
line OF the Pilgrim story anl~in draw
ing from it !. lesson for present day
p America he pointed out that ''they set
charact~r first" sought 10 give men
/ n edom 10th in body and mind, and
tried to reduce the sun OF human
-!nlSery." '- e.. ~ -. -
Whatever our faith he said,
Whatever our. belief in progress.
there can be, no. meier purposes for
man than to thus deal with the only
earth he knows and the fragment Of
ima awards him here While the
great republic is true in heart and
deed to the memory of the :.>ilgrms Of
lymauth It will take, no detrment
even from the hand of time"
: In stately measures Dean Briggs
set forth the vision of the Pilgrims
and their prayerful determination:
Freedom Thy newborn nation here
shall cherish; Ne li1tsti y
Grant us Thy covenant, unchang-
ing, sure; M.
Earth shall decay; the firmanent
shall perish; A. 5<-r +.
Freedom. and Truth, immortal shall
endure ,#
The answer Of their descendants
to this challenge came in these
words: 4 ~
"The Pilgrims faith, the pilgrims
courage grant us; II
Still shines the truth that for the
~ Pilgrim, shone. IN s5$.22+, :, ~.
We are his seed, nor life noi. death
" shall .daunt us, r. !, .s,.s {.
The port lis ;freedom! Pilgrim
+ III heart, sail ont" :,G5& ".
The official party came fronl,]loston
on "a specia train. and proceeded i'm
mediately to the old Colony Theatre,
where the exercises vert: ha:d' III
their number in addition to-, the
speakers bf the da;', were official re-
Dresentatites Of Great Brita;., and
Holland several New England Gov
ernors, members Of the New England
Judiciary, Senator Oscar, w. Under.
wood OF Alabama and nembers OF
patriotic societies. including the So
ciety of Mayflowel Descendants.
The presiding ot1lcer was Louis X
Liggett of BostU,. cha rman Of the
Massachusetts 'ilgsim .Tcreeh1enary
Commission. A#. -.
- # Fern.a! Exercises.
After the Tornlll exercises, the
guests of the day w-re entertained at
luncheon The :en..in,la: of the day
they gave over to a pilgrimage to
!! Plymouth Rock. the .JOla'.s Hill Bury
ing Ground and other parts of the
\ town. intimately vonn,,.,,d with the
, Pilgrims history.
: Senator Lodge touched upon the
peeyish, meaningless nbjeetlc,' that
if the great men of history had not
accomplished the Specific decaS at
tachea to their. names @somcbcdv
else would have ione, all these things
and continued
THE might have sbeens' have no
claim to celebration. That which
alone is entitled to this high honor
/ is what was; The actual deed arc
the men who, did the deed whici'
breaks the horizons level line not
those who did not do it, even if they
thought about it, alone deserves hon.
or, reverence and commemoration.
Can we, then, justly place what
happened here at Plymouth, and
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