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Manchester Leaders and Arbella Pageant Honor Massachusetts Past
A Manchester pageant recounts three centuries of coastal life, honoring Governor Winthrop and the Arbella replica. Red Men lodges, dignitaries, and local schoolchildren in period dress recreate colonial reception, while Lt. Governor Wolcott’s speech links Essex seafaring heritage to American progress and virtue.
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Chlef Masconomo
Gloucester
Rockport
Manchester
Beverly
Hamilton
Massachusetts Council
Massachusetts
Andrew H. Patton
Danvers
United States
S. P. Tenney
Chelsea
Benjamin
Courtis
Lynn
Sagamore
A. P. Calder
Boston
Charles Penney
Joseph Bassett
Daniel Chase
Haverhill
Governor Winthrop
Dana
Winthrop
Masconomo
Henry M. Leach
F. A. Fate
Greenhalge
State House
Wolcott
Henry W. Skinner
George Wiggilesworth
Arthur Merriman
Colonel Cochran
A. P. Rockwell
G. M. Black
C. D. Pitman
John Allen
H. W. Cunningham
Gordon Prince
West
Brush
Columbus
Europe
Galileo
Martin Lather
Wittenburg
Cervantes
Spain
Bacon
Shakspere
England
Milton
Marston Moor
Naseby
Whitehall
Charles
John Winthrop
Mediterranean
Watsiue
Michael Wigglesworth
Johnson
Bunyan
Lothrop
Flower of Essex
Bloody Brook
Salem
Andros
Pepperell
Louisburg
Gibraltar
America
France
Concord Bridge
Bunker Hill
Essex
Atlantic
New England