New Britain herald., 1921-09-08
MAYFIOWER PEOPLE
 DEDICATE MEMORIAL
Granite SarcophaguS Unveiled to
 Commemorate Pilgrims

Plymouth, Mass, Sept. S.-Yhe gen. eral society of Mayflower descendants to day dedicated granite sarcophagus as 8 permanent memorial to the Pilgrims half the Mayflower band--who died in the colony's first winter on the Ply mouth shore.
 The monument stands on the summit of Coles Hill,~ facing the open sea and on the site of the first burying ground. Here, under cover of darkness. the fast dwindling company laid their dead. leveling the earth above them lest the Indians should learn how many were the graves was one inscription on it. The bones of some of the Pilgrims. which were taken from the canopy over Plymouth Rock last December, have been deposited in the memorial.
 The monument was dedicated at for mai exercises in the First church as the last of the principal tercentenary observances which have extended over nearly a year. After the. exercises it was arranged that those participating should march to Coles Hill to inspect it.
 In the absence of Major Gen Leon ard Wood, who was to have presided as past governor general of the so- ciety, Asa P. French, past deputy gov- ernor general was the presiding officer.
 The principal speaker was Benjamin Brewster, Episcopal bishop of Maine. a lineal descendant of Elder Brewster.
 ''The monument we dedicate today" he said, 'commemorates one of those stories of sacrifice which means to hu- man society, not loss. but gain.
 This occasion invites a considera- tion of their adventure in its relation to the broad currents of thought which af- feet powerfully the course of history. They were Puritans, yet with a diff ference. They followed the logic of their individualistic creed to its con- clusion. .f
 ''In their endeavors to realize their ideal of accomplishment they were more single minded than the bulk of the Puritan party. They sacrificed the lesser loyalty to authority to the high CT loyalty to the spirit, and took the step of separatism,. repugnant to the Puritans no less than to Anglicans in full sympathy with the ritual of the prayer book and the rule of bishops. Compelled to choose between imprison- ment and exile they became Pilgrims"
 Bishop Brewster, pointing out that Rev. John Robinson warned his flock against the dangers of 'disputation in religion and argued for civil tolerance of alleged religious errors, added:
 Now it is the simple truth, that in the temper of the Plymouth colony-by contrast particularly with the strong colony of Massachusetts Bay-we see plainly the fruit of this Christian wisdom of their pastor whom they had left behind. This dis tinction has not always been recognized. and historical justice demands that we recognize it. In sympathy with the spirit of their open-minded pastor, the Plymouth pilgrims had moved from a position of negative revolt to posi- tive stage. We touch out one ele- ment in the character and power of these pilgrim fathers, when we speak of their individualism. More funda- mental was their innate social con- /
 Ut is the value of interdependence. not mere independence that our age is bringing home to us.''
 Rev. John c. Adams of Hartford. Conn.,, elder general of the society, of fered prayer and Rev. Harry St. Clair of the Pennsylvania society. benediction.