Front:
Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Provincetown, Mass.
PILGRIM MEMORIAL, PROVINCETOWN, MASS.
Inscription Upon the Bronze Tablet on the Face of the
Monument, Written by Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
President Emeritus of Harvard College.
ON NOVEMBER 21st, 1620, THE MAYFLOWER,
CARRYING 102 PASSENGERS MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, CAST ANCHOR IN THIS HARBOR 67 DAYS
FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND.
THE SAME DAY THE 41 ADULT MALES IN THE
COMPANY SOLEMNLY COVENANTED AND COMBINED
THEMSELVES TOGETHER "INTO A CIVILL BODY
POLITICK."
THIS BODY POLITIC ESTABLISHED AND MAIN-
TAINED ON THE BLEAK AND BARREN EDGE OF A
VAST WILDERNESS A STATE WITHOUT A KING OR
A NOBLE, A CHURCH WITHOUT A BISHOP OR A
PRIEST, A DEMOCRATIC COMMONWEALTH, THE
MEMBERS OF WHICH WERE "STRAIGHTLY TIED TO
ALL CARE OF EACH OTHER'S GOOD AND OF THE
WHOLE BY EVERY ONE."
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THEY ILLUS-
TRATED WITH LONG SUFFERING DEVOTION AND
SOBER RESOLUTION THE PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL
AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE PRACTICES OF
A GENUINE DEMOCRACY.
THEREFORE THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM
SHALL BE PERPETUAL IN THE GREAT REPUBLIC
THAT HAS INHERITED THEIR IDEALS.
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Back:
Dear Mrs. G.
We are here for
few days and
we are
ferr cards
hope you
better now.
with love
Marine,
ANCE
JUL 20
POST GARM
MON
OWN
sending Ims. James A. tale
212 Brattle St
SARA A AND
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TO
Atholes.
Mass,
