Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-28
REMEMBER THE MAYFLOWER
Plymouth Making Plans for Pill
grim Tercentcnary Celebration
Preliminary Observance on Dceccmbcr
u. but Pngcants ana Dcdications 10
Bc Deferred UntiI Next July
aud Warmer weather

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Dingy old wha-ves and storehouses
along the waterfront Are to be torn
down and the shore line restored to
look az IL did when the Pilgrims frst
knew IT, :. presant this shore line is
IL straight strip Of sand. but surveyors
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promontores with 4 little bay between,
where the rccK stands There has been
"A little difficulty in acquiring the build
ings and land which must be taken over
III order to restore the waterfront Some
of the owners are holding out for prices
several times those given by the ASSESS
rnent records; but the commission is not
greatly worried over this, for the right
Of eminent domain has been granted, and
anyone who refuses to sell at a reason
able rate can be forced to do so.
On the restored promontores. back from
the beach there are TO be planted cedars.
pines, sumach and other shrubbery such
as probably once grew close to the shores.
These will form an appropriate setting
for the famous Plymouth Rock, which is
also to be restored to a more natural
position.
Tho top of the rock, which was split
OIL just before the American Revolution,
Is all that can now be seen of IT. This
part stands at the original site II was
several times moved from one part of
tho town to another, and It shows signs
of age and wear. ON one moving day
1t cracked and tho pieces had 20 be
hastily patched together with cement,
But that is not the worst Of its mishaps.
pr v,,ot-r1I poo,r, nan ,I>pD1r1r
Visitors to Plymouth used to make
practice of breaking off substantial
, chunks as mantclpiece> souvenirs or pa
, perweights In fact. the blacksmith
across the way was so bothered with
requests for his hammer that he hung
/, one up near the rock for the benefit of
, strangers. Churches in Brooklyn. Bos
ton. and other cities boast bits of the rock
in their structures. and Timothy Dwight.
, president of Yale, said that he had seen
pieces of il in practically every town in
, the United States.
, This vandalism was finally stopped. but
not until the rock was reduced, nobody
, knows exactly how much.
> It is now under q granite canopy. pro-
tected largely by sentiment and the peo-
pie who are usually around it. or pass
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}, DNO>~E NfMohiNL FIGURES
Back from Plymouth Rock, whore the
n Pilgrim village stood, there are 20 be va
rious memorials, \ nron2e statue Of
Massasoit, the frierf'' indian chief, Is