Show FIRST I 1 thanksgiving I 1 dil DAY amber aber 21 marked aked the anniversary n er of the signing of 4 er pact t by t th h a pilgrim ia rini F fathers athers t h era who gave thanks to 3 their safe from fm england Sl 11 by snaring sharing a bountiful fot W ahe he indians thus giving to posterity the thanksgiving w iff three centuries after aate r ti tic the C landing of the pilgrims ms historians historian 8 late why they chose plymouth far removed from their 2 13 it destination s one theory now says that the captain of the aas was bribed by english c colonial interests to put the pil it let t ashore here and that on arrival here he argued them into ap 11 I 1 c is no need to retell I 1 the story that everyone knows I 1 f of that terrifying storm tossed miserably wretched 66 apy w V fi age yi of the tiny mayflower the heartbreak of two return england the sickness and misery as the mountainous seas 00 a it at the tiny t vessel clatl silva borttl lor the pilgrims PiS 5 set sel foot on plymouth Py rock they first met GE rt rude rede and dingy cabin of the mayflower it was there they all time tf the cornerstone of all the ahe republican institutions ry it was in that tiny cabin that the first town meeting to iteld keld was there that the hand of god helped the pilgrims write fel a mayflower compact that still lights up the sky of tats horld with the nobility of its purpose and when the pilgrims ot at on an this rock they knelt and gave thanks to god cod 6 ic 2 i was a desolate sight sigh t that greeted those displaced persons gersoni has mt it centuries ago there were no government officials on to lo inspect or greet them no park benches or firewood hod had t I a placed there by a thoughtfully considerate parks department cost housing project had been provided no inspectors were tra a rind niri to demand that aney work not more than 40 hours or for citan ihan 75 cents an houi bout were no union organizers to S vill 1 tich that seniority was more important than ability 10 a those nw displaced persons of 1620 had to survive or perish by I 1 v j own efforts and perish half of them did that first cruel nt bt r but the price of freedom was not too high for it is 0 o I 1 ilk ii at artl rt ernal glory that none turned back for england the next year I 1 the pilgrims carric came here with the same durning burning desire we ec echo ho ka jy athe a the wish for security and freedom but they sought the 1 IC s security of real freedom not the prison type security where ek e of action is forfeited they could have had that by in n in england we lilethe the mayflower that was blown off its course and anchored wi t i harbor our ship of state has been menaced by up x 61 men who have urged us to steer by something more mod lt 2 ithan the true stars that guided the pilgrims tl deming men have tried to bring us like the mayflowers May flowers it 11 pin into false harbors of foreign ideologies idea logies not of our choosing i tate hive been endangered by cowardly navigators who would run fal aishe I 1 th the winds of popular opinion than fight against the storm to my a on in course the names of the pilgrims are em blazoned in gold on the im rial pages of history because they had a courage to dare the eel they bore of religious freedom and popular government bore w it upon apon the shores of a new land we too can plant today the sd ed s d which will bear abundantly of the rich fruit of liberty and chope hope for generations yet unborn unborn we tte must rekindle in our hearts the simple faith in god that the Pili pilgrims rims and cherish liberty of mankind above all aly rady treasures |