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Show MAYFLOWER SET I OUT JUST 300 YEARS AGO TODAY Unique Celebration of Event Held at Southampton, England Eng-land on Tercentenary SOUTHAMPTON. Eng. July 84. Scenes attending the departure three hundred years ago pf that little band of adventurers known to history as1 the Pllsrrim fathers were re-enacted today In a pageant Inaugurating a four days' celebration of the torccn-tenary torccn-tenary of the siillng of the Mayflower. Mayflow-er. The pageant was preceded by a luncheon tendered by tho lord-mayor. Thero were four hundred guests nt the luncheon. Including prominent American nnd British official life and the heads of arlous Anglo-American societies By staging today's pageant which la entitled " John Alden's Choice" at the ancient quay-sldo near the west gate through which the Pilgrims left because no roadway existed, and garbing garb-ing the performers in Puritanical dress in attempt was made to have the reproduction as historically faithful faith-ful as possible, The gate has remained remain-ed throughout the Intervening centuries centur-ies OS a notable monument to the Pilgrim Pil-grim voyagers Outstanding events of American history. Including the Boston tpa par-t'. par-t'. Lincoln making hi address nt Gettysburg and American intervention In the recent world war were depleted deplet-ed In tho pageant |