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Show DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT Prov incetow n, Mass., Aug. .". No greater duty ever devolved on Provincetow n's two criers, George Wahburn Redy and Walter Smith, than their announcement today t the coming of President Paft and Ihe dedlcailon of the granite shaft on Town Hill, erected to the memory of 1 tho Pllgroju fathers. This old custom of crylrg important events through Ihe streets remain, intact in l'rov-inceiown. l'rov-inceiown. The cornerstone of the monument wuj laid A "gust 7, 1 ;". by President Roosevelt. Its dedication by President. Taft attracted a crowd that taxed to their limits the narrow streets of this town. A line north wester was blowing straight arcss the b'iy fmio Beverly to Cape Cod. and. running before the wind, the president's yacht, the Mayflower, May-flower, canie. living across to be welcomed wel-comed by a mighty r.rray of the nation's na-tion's naval power. Preparations for receiving the crowd and the distinguished guests were completed last nilit, ;.nd bef.-re tin exercise:-, lodav the lleef sent ashore a couple uf thousand of its sailors, who formed along the streets Irom the wharf where the president landed to the grand sf-and. The principal act of the dedication of the monument was; the unveiling of n brell7c tablet over the doer I.-'iiPi the harbor, which was given by Pre?i-,i.. Pre?i-,i.. r.n.-riini rimrtnc v i-:ii.t r,r Harvard. The town clock I'a.s striling 1 when the M-m ilower enn,e arjund the I little w hite beacon at th- ml of Long . I Point and passed between the lines of battleships. t Eight of the great vesse's were , here to greet the President, the Con- 1 necticut, Michigan, Mississippi. Idaho, j South Carolina, Louisiana, Kansas and New Hampshire. As the Mayflower herr led In. the firs tgun boomed from Ilng.nip Connecticut, Con-necticut, followed by twenty-one guns from all the ships. The salloif; manned the rails ami the entire ship'3 companies stood at attention The Max flow er dropped anchor at the head f the line at 9:30 a. m., and President Taft Immediately went on board the Connecticut, where he celved the commanders of the fleet. Tho President then started for shore. |