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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
9
A Pilgrim tercentenary celebration in Provincetown featured the Ville d Ys cruiser and saluting flags of France and the United States. Naval officers and dignitaries attended a ballroom event amid orderly crowd dynamics and speeches stressing liberty and the Pilgrim Fathers’ legacy.
The Rev Dr William Carter of Brooklyn N Y delivered the centenary address in Provincetown celebrating the Mayflower compact. He traced Pilgrim ties to constitutional liberty from New England to Virginia and urged noble deeds and enduring liberty, citing Webster’s prophecies and the first American assembly.
Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, serving as President Wilson’s representative, delivered a speech at Provincetown census tercentenary exercises emphasizing religious liberty. He linked the Pilgrims’ creed to wartime struggles and the ongoing defense of civil rights.
Provincetown Aug 3 1920 Miers George Maynard Minor president general of the national daughters of the American Revolution delivered a long address on The Pilgrim Mothers highlighting women's pivotal role in Plymouth Colony. He described the women as young in age who endured the voyage with men and helped establish homes and enduring ideals, urging a renewed commitment to liberty and Anglo American friendship.
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