Evening star., 1921-09-03
EARLY WHITE MEMS
LANDING OBSERVED
Scottish Pioneers Settled in
Nova Scotia Before May
flower Came.
Ey the Associated Pre- ss

Ey the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL. n. S., Septem-
her 3.-Sixteen years before the May
flower with brailed sails cast anchor
off Plymouth Rock, the Sieur de Monts
sighted the Annapolis basin from the
stern deck of another ship, the
settlement of white men north of the
Gulf of Mexico.
The Nova Scotians celebrated the
%oeth ;og anniversary inn cS of the grant grant
land) Nova Scotia, by King James I
to Sir William Alexander, in 1921, and
paid tribute to the sturdy Scottish
pioneers who laid the foundations of
settlement and government in this
1province three centuries ago. as well
as intrepid French adventurers whose
landing and settlement in 1904 makes
this town second only to st. Angus
tine, Fla, in point OF age, in North
America.
Tablet Unveiled.
\ tablet was unveiled by the gov
ernment of Nova Scotia commemorate
. ing the grant to Sir William Alex
%ader and the Scottish foundation of
Nbva Scotia, and another honoring the
2e0th year since the establishment
and sitting of the first court admins
tering English common law in what
is now the Dominion of Canada. A
third tablet is in honor of Thomas
Chandler Halliburton. the eminent
Nova Scotia statesman. jurist and
humorist who, as creator of Sam
Slick" the Yankee clocknaker. won
fame as the father of American
humor. Judge Halliburton was admit
ted to the bar of Nova Scotia a CEN
. tury ago. and his famous book, THE
Ciockmaker. or Sayings and Doings of
Sam Slick of Slickvi1ie," appeared in
1887.
The Annapolis valley afforded a
singularly appropriate setting for the
impressive ceremonies. The quaint,
oid-world town perched on the bluffs
called by de Monts. Port Royal, lie port
royal, for the beauty of it's environ
1nent. but later named Annapolis
Royal by Gen. Nicholson in honor of
Queen Anne. overlocks the inclosed
basin. where Imagination readily con-
jures a picture of a three-masted,
hish-pooped vessel with square main
sail; of Champlain and de Monts and
their followers in their weather.
beaten doublets.
Old PowdcrhOuxc.
The old French powderhouse. lined
Tecially to keep the powder dry. still
stands inside the fort built by the
Sieur in 1906, among the first erected
on American soil. With first the fleur-
de-lis and then the British lion flying
from the peak. the fort was the scene
bf thirteen sanguinary battles during
the French and Indian wars. An
sriny and navy brigade commanded
W.! Gen. Nicholson was dispatched
i rom Boston in 1710. and for the last
time the flag OF Louis of France was
hauled down. The huge iron key
y hined in the lock- for the last time
ird now reposes in the collection of
1li,. Massa chusetts Historical Society
s ne Cannons Were taken to England
"a surTianted by biunt-nosed old
I,.,aers that still poke their ugly
.;.':dts from the moss-grown raInparts
/: t bastions.
'.he officers barracks. built by the
l>v,le of Kent. Queen Victoria's father
Iave been converted into a museum
Y here the idle tourist may gaze on
lies that would-if they could but
I ik-tell many fine tale Of adven-
tire and romance of the early days
\ hen Americas history was told on
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