Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-01
President Harding
 In Plymouth Today
For Climax of Celebrations of Tercentenary of Landing of Pilgrims.

Plymouth, Mass, July 31.-This old colony town was on the eve of another event of importance in it's long history. As the climax of year of celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims it has set tomorrow apart as the day for the principal exercises and pre- pared to welcome as it's guest the presi- dent of the United States Through tae long line of chief executives who have governed the republic that had it's begin ming here none previously has made the pilgrimage to Plymouth Rock while in office
 While the presidential yacht Mayflower with President Harding and his official party aboard was cruising lesurely toward this port where she will anchor tomorrow morning, the townsfolk of Plymouth and it's many summer residents stirred them selves to make ready for his coming. The narrow streets were garlanded and arch ed with streamers, the log cabin that first housed the Pilgrim women and children was reproduced and the graves of the forefathers were marked anew Heavy thunderstorms failed to check the preparations.
 Official guests from countries connect ed with the Pilgrim history preceded the president. Isaac Foote deputy mayor of Plymouth, England was received formally by the selectmen who made him rleir guest when he brought the greeting from the mother town. Jonkheer William De Beaufort, charge d'affaires of the Dutch embassy at Washington, came tonight as the official representative of Holland In the absence of the British ambassador, i Captain Sydney R. Bayley, naval attache of the British embassy, came to represent him.
 When Ire Mayf1ower puts into Ply mouth Bay tomorrow morning she will | ind anchored a naval force consisting of the battleships Delaware, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania, and the British cruiser Cambrian sent from Bermuda The presidents's yacht will bring a convoy i Of five destroyers.
 A submarine tender will bring President Harding ashore TSam the Mayfower early Tn the forenoon. The navy will relinquish it's charge to the army at the deck, where Troop c, the crack outfit of the third cav | airy, will act as his bodyguard, accomp- anying the president to his place in a pa- rade that will bring from the old colony settlement floats or marcaing delegations 1 The president will leave the line ot march two miles from the start and will retrace in formal pilgrimage the move ment down Leyden street, first street ot the colony, witch the forefathers and their families traversed on their way tc Ire church which they built as the ground floor of their fort. From stand atthefoot of Coles Hill, where were buried the first of the Pilgrims who died in the new country he will review the marching, then attend an informal lun- cheon at tde Samoset House.
 Among those in the line of march vii l nd r1 | will have charge of two first aid tents ] In the course of the day member of in, i first national girl scout officers training camp at Longpond in this town will ore sent birch bark scroll of greeting tc Mrs. Harding, who is honorary nationa president of the girl scouts.
 | Late in the afternoon the president vii return to the stand facing Coles Hill there to speak to an audience seated O, it's slopes in banked stands which have ; capacity of ten thousand persons. I was at Ire cornerstone laying of tn Forefathers Monument at Provincetown across the bay from here that Presiden Roosevelt some years ago gave his vigor ous admonition to certain malefactor of great wealth.
 After the speech the president will g, to the Hotel Pilgrim for a rest and f, attend an informal dinner. His eveni5, vii! be given over to attendance at th presentation of ''t.re Pilgrim spirit" th pageant prepared by Professor George P
 Baker. ef Harvard University for tn
 Pilgrim e:rcentenary mission.
 President Harding will return to th
 Mayhower~ late in the evening to mak
 tire trip to Portland Mainee en route to
 snort vacation at the summer lodge c
 secretary Weeks at Lancaster, N. H.