The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-21
LANDING OF FATHERS
At HISTORIC ROCK 800 :
YEARS AGO, OBSERVED
0rations Delivered BY Son
H4gs
ator Lodge and Gov
ernor Coolidge.

Plymouth. Mass. Dec. 21.-On
the shore Of Plymouth Bay. whssu
the breaking waves dashed high"
when the Pilgrims set foot on
Plymouth Rock on Dec Il. 1890.
their descendants Joined with other
distinguished men Of this genera
ton in America, Great Britain and
Holland is observing today With
due solemnity the tercentenary Of
their landing. The orator was
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. . sue
cessor In representation in the
senate from Massachusetts, Of Dam
lei Webster. who delivered the ia
nous plymouth Grafton" at the
two hundredth anniversary.
An address was delivered BY
Governor Calvin Coolidge, vice
president-elect. and poem. 1890
$780," was read by Dean LeBaron
R Briggs Of the faculty OF arts
and sciences OF Harvard Univer-
sity. Hymns appropriate to the
occasion were sung, including the
Landing Of the Pilgrims" by Mrs.
Felicia Hemans. known to every
American school boy and girl for
generations.
Senator Lodge gave . scholarly
outline Of the Pilgrim story and In
drawing from 1t q lesson for pres
ent day America he pointed out
that they set character frst,"
sought to give men freedom both
In body and mind" and tried to
reduce the sum Of human misery"
Whatever our faith" he said,
whatever our belief In progress.
there can be NO nobler purpose for
man than thus to deal with tho
only earth he knows and the frag.
ment Of time awarded him here.
While the great republic is true In
heart and deed to the memory Of
the Pilgrims Of Plymouth It will
take no detriment even from the
hand Of time"
Vision Of Pilgrims.
In stately measures Dean Briggs
set forth the vision of the Pilgrims
and their prayerful determinations:
Freedom Thy newborn nation
here shall cherish;
Grant us Thy covenant, un-
changing, sure;
Earth shall decay; the armament
shall perish;
+ Freedom and Truth, immortal
shall endure"
The answer OF their descendants
to this challenge came in these
words:
THE Pilgrims faith, the Pilgrims
courage grant US;
Still shines the truth that for the
! Pilgrim shone,
We are his seed. not life nor death
shall daunt US,
The port is Freedom; Pilgrim
heart, sail on!"
The official party came from
Boston on a special train and Pro-
ceeded Immediately to the old
Colony Theatre, where the exerc!s-
es were held. In their number, In
addition to the speakers Of the day.
were Official representatives OF
Great Britain and Holland. several
New England governors, members
of the New England judiciary.
Senator Oscar w. Underwood Of
Alabama and members of patriotic
societies, including the Society Of
Mayflower Descendants. The pre-
siding oficer was Louis X. Liggett
Of Boston, chairman Of the Massa-
chusetts Pilgrim Ter-centenary
Commission.
/ After the formal exercises the
guests of the day were entertained
at luncheon. The remainder OF the
day they gave over to a pilgrimage
to Plymouth Rock, the Coles Hill
Burying Ground and other parts OF
the town intimately connected with
the Pilgrims history.
Lodges Address. =
Senator Lodge touched upon "the
peevish, meaningless objection"
that IL the great men Of history
had not accomplished the specific
deeds attached to their names
somebody else would have done ali
these things" and continued
"The might have beens' have no
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