New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-01
Plymouth I Is i'm
Fancy Array to
Greet Harding
President To-day Sets Foot
Where Pilgrims Landed
From Another Mayfower
to Establish This Republic
He Speaks in Afternoon
After Ceremonies Yacht Will
Sail ON Journey to Sum-
mer Lodge of Mr.. Weeks

PLYMOUTH, Mass, July 31.-This
old colony town tonight was on the
eve of another event of Importance in
its long history. AS the climax of a
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 prepared to
welcome as its guest the President of
the United States. President Harding
will be the first Chief Executive to
make the pilgrimage to Plymouth
Rock while in office.
! While the Presidential yacht May
flower, with President Harding and his
official party abroad, was cruising
leisureiy toward this port, where she
will anchor tomorrow morning, the
people of Plymouth and its many sum-
mer residents stirred themselves to
make ready for his coming. The mar
row streets were garlanded and archcd
with streamers, the log cabin that first
! housed the Pilgrim women AMI chill
drer was reproduced and graves Of the
forefathers were marked anew. Heavy
thunder showers failed TO check the
preparations.
Official guests from countries con-
rccted with Pilgrim history preceded
the President Isaac Foote, Deputy
Mayor of Plymouth, England, was re-
ceived formally by the Selectmen, who
made him their guest when h. brought
the greetings from the mother town.
Jonkheer William de Beauforc. Charge
d'Affaires of the Dutch Embassy at
Washington, came tonight as the Off
cial representative of Holland. in the
absence of the British Amba assad Or
Captain Sydney r. Bailey, naval attache
of the British Embassy, came to rep
resent him.
Bodyguard of Troopers
When the Mayfower puts into Ply
mouth Bay tomorrow morning she
| will find anchored a naval force. con-
sisting of the battleships Delaware,
North Dakota and Pennsylvania, and
the British cruiser Cambrian, sent
from Bermuda. The Presidents yacht
will bring convoy of five destroyers.
A submarine tender will bring Presi-
dent Harding ashore from the May
flower early in the forenoon, the navy
will relinquish it's charge to the army
at the dock, where Troop C, the crack
outfit of the Sd Cavalry, will act as a
bodyguard, accompanying the President
to his place in parade that will bring
from the old colony settlements many
floats and marching delegations.
The President will leave the line Of
march two miles from the start and
will retrace in formal pilgrimage the
movement down Leyden Street, first
street of the colony, which the fore
fathers and their families traversed on
their way to the church, which they
built as the ground floor Of their
fort. From stand at the foot of
Coles Hill, where were buried the
first of the Pilgrims who died in the
new country, the Executive will review
the marching, then attend an informal
luncheon at the Samoset House.
Among those in line will be Girl
Souts. and Girl Scout officers will have
charge of two first aid tents Members
OF the first national Girl Scout officers
training camp, at Longpond, in this
town, will present birch bark scroll
of greeting 70 Mrs. Harding, who is
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