Show in his is peroration picturing an assemblage years yean later which would recount the nations advancement on the morning ot of that day although at it will not disturb us in our repose the voice vol ce of acclamation and de on tho the rock of plymouth shall be transmitted through millions rall llona ot the 8 tona sops of the pilgrims until n 11 1 it loses itself in the murmurs of the pacific teas seas now senator lodge in ir ill 1 I SM his tercentenary quoted this fine passage songe and as lie ho spoke the words president calvin C then governor of massachusetts chu sitting in th the an dent clent rush bottomed dial V of carver the pilgrim gov arnor talked by telephone honi 4 across the continent with governor stephens of call fornia at sacramento thus thin was websters Web stera prophecy of 0 4 1820 fulfilled in 1020 JK As to tho the meaning of th the landing of the ril Ill Krims grinis it I 1 can be no more fittingly put than it was ans put by cal 40 r md s zif P K V by JOHN DICKIN SON SHERMAN N olt oil ABOUT the last thursday in november the thoughts of all good americans turn it if only briefly to plymouth rock bock the nationwide nation wide observance of foreba I 1 day celebrates the anniversary of the a actual rj aaro rock mock but thanksgiving day in one lot its aspects isa Is a sort of preliminary celebration in fact we americans lin in our subconscious minds link up thanksgiving with the pilgrims of plymouth just as we do christmas with the jolly dutch burg burghers liers of diew amsterdam jt A would lie be fascinating to have the pilgrims back again at plymouth tit at thanksgiving or Yore forefathers fathers day and watch their faces and view their 1 n astonishment tile the present looks of the place would require much explaining for example there Is tile the ne new iv canopy over the rock bock which has rep replaced lacel the sturdy but decidedly unloved granite structure that long did duty and the fact that it was erected by the society of the colonial dames daines of america would complicate the story stora they might not reco recognize inize th the e g statue of massasoit Massa erected by the h e independent order of It lied edMen men until they had bad raad read the inscription anyway massasoit Is entitled to a statue as a good friend of the pilgrims ile helas wag lead head chief of the whose lands land extended from cape cod to nur nap rag ansett bay ue ile made la in 1021 an offensive and defensive treaty with the rii pilgrims grima which he never broke edward Win winslows slows description in good news from new england 1024 of Massa illness find how lie he cured I 1 the chief Is one of the most picturesque passages in american literature it was king philip youngest son of massasoit who was wal head and front i of king philips war 1074 1674 70 76 that wiped out the gri english glish colonies tradition has it that the pilgrims were sour of visage but probably they would smile at features of the pilgrims progress as depleted depicted in tile the accompanying photograph possibly they would also be amused at the modern idea of the pilgrims themselves as shown in the other picture approved by the art critics the general observance of forefathers day like that of thanksgiving day has been a matter of evolution from small beginnings the hundredth anniversary of the landing came and went quite unnoticed and unmarked the far flung aspirations of the beginners had gone the backward pene brating glance of history of the seekers of tile burled treasures of the past had not yet come according to senator henry cabot lodge of masa magill ichu chu a speaker at the th tercentenary celebration halt half a century more was to elapse before the fact that in plymouth something had once happened which merited celebration and made such demand for the outward signs of remembrance as to insist upon a visible manifestation in january 1769 a club was started by 12 young men of plymouth and in tile the following december they decided to have hae a dinner on december 22 in commemoration of the landing of the pilgrims pilgrim accordingly upon that day there ajas was a procession and then a dinner was eaten and toasts were glien given in honor of the lenders leaders among the founders of the settlement the following year on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary the people here again held a celebration and this time they had an oration described in the die record as words spoken with modesty cat y and firmness by edward winslow and there was also a poem by alexander scammell these com coin mem orations went on through the years of the revolution until 1780 and then came cama an unexplained gap of 12 11 years bears until antil 1703 1793 when the celebration of the anniversary wits was again renewed and continued thereafter with the omission only of 1709 the ceremonies expanded with the years and a discourse by the clergyman and an address by sonic outsider of distinction became recognized accompaniments of the proceedings in boston the commemorations of the pilgrims began with a formal and public celebration in 1708 there was an elaborate dinner a very long list of toasts including many which were both contemporary and political much speech making find an elegant and pa PArl otle ode ly by mr thomas paine was duly sung doubtless w with ath ardent enthusiasm from these modest beginnings in plymouth and boston the celebrations of what came to be called forefathers day multiplied beyond enumeration following the migrations of the mayflower descendants and of the children of new england across the continent until now in ever increase ing numbers the anniversary of the landing in 1020 20 Is marked and celebrated with each recurring year from the atlantic to the pacific it was in 1820 at the two hundredth anniversary that daniel webster delivered hla his famous plymouth oration 11 and heres nn an thing A prophecy made by webster in that immortal oration was wag fulfilled a hundred years later webster sath said vin coolidge at that same tercentenary celebration though his forbears were puritans and not pilgrims ue he said in part there Ther ewas was among them small af the of life they came with orders ordera of nobility they were not children of fortune but of tribulation persecution not preference brought them hither lil ther but it was ft a persecution in which they found a stern satisfaction they cared little for titles still less for the goods of this earth but for an idea they would die Mens measured dred by the standard of men of their time they were the humble ot of the earth measured by later accomplishments they were the mighty plymouth rock nock does not mark a beginning or an end it marks a revelation of that which la Is without beginning and without end a purpose shining through eternity with a resplendent light undimmed even by the imperfections of men and a response an answering purpose from those who oblivious disdainful of all else sailed hither lil ther seeking only for or an a avenue for the Immor immortal tul soul the colonists of 0 the mayflower were englishmen of the period of 1608 while the puritans of massachusetts bay colony salem watertown and boston were englishmen of the period of 1028 the name was given to the plymouth colonists ty oy bov william bradford who was a passenger on on the mayflower the name puritans watt was applied to reformers of all classes in england by tile the supporters of the court and king one fundamental difference between tile puritans and the pilgrims wits their attitude toward the church of tile the puritan steadfastly refused to leave the established church ills a attitude was that the c hurch church could he reformed more quickly from within than from without the pilgrim first separated himself from the established church and then rather than worship contrary to ills fits conscience was compelled to leave his fils native laiq land the pilgrims held that church and state should be separate the purl puri tans held church and state to be one the 1111 pilgrims grinis had a liberal form ut government the puritans Purl tana developed a despotic theocracy the pilgrims bete simple country folk and poor tile the puritans included many mandof of the gentry their first fleet beet 1630 had ten vessels with cargoes worth more than a million dollars |