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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1910

Page

8

Provincetown Prepares for Battleship Welcome and Parade

The town readies for a grand harbor welcome with 21 Boston police, State troopers, and plainclothes officers guarding crowds of up to 20,000. Admiral Schroeder and the fleet arrive as battleships anchor. officials present deeds for athletic grounds and unveil a monument tablet.

Connecticut Provincetown Walter Welsh

Monument rises 252 feet of granite on Cape Cod hill

Lt Col Edward Burr oversaw construction of the Pilgrim monument which will be dedicated with Taft as chief speaker. It stands 347 feet above Provincetown harbor, weighs about 14.5 million pounds, anchored by a reinforced concrete foundation with steel rods. Ground lies on pure sand atop Town Hill with government and Massachusetts funding totaling 90 000 dollars. Architect Willard T Sears designed the structure inspired by Siena Town Hall tower.

Pilgrim Monument Edward Burr J. Henry Sears Brewster Taft Roosevelt Town Hill Provincetown Washington Monument Atlantic Monument Cape Cod Provincetown Town Hall Old Town House Highland Light America Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pilgrim Monument Association Sienna Italy Bunker Hill Willard T. Sears

New Hair Removal Claim Promises Painless Results

An advertisement touts a new painless method to remove facial and body hair for women. It claims previous methods were painful and ineffective, with dangerous side effects, and promises complete, lasting hair removal. Interested readers may request free details by mail to Kathryn B. Firmin in Syracuse, New York, within a limited introductory period.

Magte Kathryn B. Firmin Clark Music Building Syracuse N. Y

Gift stones listing Mayflower groups in Pilgrim Monument wall

In the Pilgrim Monument interior wall a long list of gift stones commemorates numerous Mayflower Descendants chapters and historic New England towns. It includes organizations from New York to Rhode Island and towns such as Concord Plymouth Harwich Nantucket Boston and Salem with dates ranging from 1620s to 1907. The inscription marks commemorations of colonial milestones and regional civic entities tied to Pilgrim heritage.

Pilgrim Monument New York Society of Mayflower Descendants Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts the Scots Charitable Society Boston New Jersey Society of Mayflower Descendants Harvard College Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Concord Pemaquid Illinois Pilgrim Club Brewster Mass Michigan Society of Mayflower Descendants Society of Mayflower Descendants Rhode Island Providence Plantations Pilgrim Trading Post Kennbeck Maine District of Columbia Connecticut General Society of Mayflower Descendants Truro Provincetown Cape Cod Wellfleet Chatham Town of Eastham Nauset Dennis Yarmouth Carver Barnstable Orleans Nantucket New Bedford Dartmouth Wareham Westport Freetown Swansea Lakeville Somerset Berkley Dighton

Pilgrim monument dedicates stones from Harvard A H A C and Scots Society

The Pilgrim monument to be dedicated today by President Taft includes three memorial stones from Harvard University founded 1636 the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company founded 1639 and the Scots Charitable Society founded 1657. The Scots Society donated the funds in 1907 to have its record carved on the monument.

Pilgrim Monument Taft Harvard University Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Scots’ Charitable Society of Boston Scots’ Charitable Society McGregor

Monument Dedication Programme in Provincetown

A committee including the Pilgrim Memorial Association president and Massachusetts officials will meet President Taft on the dock at 10 45 a m. A procession to Town Hill will precede prayers speeches and music by Harvard Quartette the Salem Cadet Band and more with Taft delivering the final address. A banquet at Town Hall will follow with Taft and Governor Draper among speakers.

Pilgrim Memorial Association Massachusetts Provincetown United States Town Hill James DeNormandie Boston Harvard Quartette William Elliot Griffis Lester M. Bartlett J. Henry Sears The Charles W. Eliot LL. D Harvard College M. van Weede Barbara Hoyt Elder Brewster Henry H. Baker Salem Taft Draper

Mayflower Compact Signed in Cape Cod Cabin 1620

The Mayflower Compact scene shows leaders like John Carver and William Bradford signing aboard at Cape Cod in November 1620. The document establishes civil government with laws for the Plymouth Colony to advance faith and the common good under King James I.

James Great Cape Cod England France Ireland Scotland

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