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View from the Back Side of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
Cole's Hill Pilgrim Memorial Ossuary, Plymouth, MA. The narrow side reads: "THE BONES OF THE PILGRIMS FOUND AT VARIOUS TIMES IN AND NEAR THIS ENCLOSURE AND INTERRED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE CANOPY OVER THE ROCK WERE REMOVED AT THE TIME OF THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AND ARE DEPOSITED WITHIN THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY THE GENERAL SOCIEY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS A.D. 1920" The long side reads: "THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE FIRST BURYING GROUND IN PLYMOUTH OF THE PASSENGERS OF THE MAYFLOWER. HERE UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS THE FAST DWINDLING COMPANY LAID THEIR DEAD LEVELING THE EARTH ABOVE THEM LEST THE INDIANS SHOULD LEARN HOW MANY WERE THE GRAVES. READER! HISTORY RECORDS NO NOBLER VENTURE FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM THAN THAT OF THIS PILGRIM BAND. IN WEARINESS AND PAINFULNESS, IN WATCHINGS OFTEN IN HUNGER AND COLD THEY LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF A STATE WHEREIN EVERY MAN THROUGH COUNTLESS AGES, SHOULD HAVE LIBERTY TO WORSHIP GOD IN HIS OWN WAY. MAY THEIR EXAMPLE INSPIRE THEE TO DO THY PART IN PERPETUATING AND SPREADING THE LOFTY IDEALS OF OUR REPUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE WORLD." The long side (unseen) facing Plymouth Harbor has the names of those Pilgrims who died in the first winter of 1620-21: Name Other Information Allerton, John Allerton, Mary (Norris) d 25 Feb 1621 childbirth baby stillborn Britteridge, Richard 21 Dec 1620 Carter, Robert after 21 Feb 1621 Chilton, Mrs James Clarke, Richard Crackstone, John Sr Eaton, Sarah English, Thomas Fletcher, Moses Fuller, Edward Fuller, Mrs Edward Goodman, John Holbeck, William Hooke, John age 13 Langmore, John Margesson, Edmund Martin, Christopher 8 Jan 1621 Martin, Mary (Prower) 11 Jan 1621 More, Ellen/Elinor age 8 Nov 1620 More, Mary age 4 Mullins, Alice Feb 1621 Mullins, Joseph age 14 Feb 1621 Mullins, William 21 Feb 1621 Priest, Degory 1 Jan 1621 Prower, Solomon 24 Dec 1620 age abt 15/16 Rigsdale, Alice Rigsdale, John Rogers, Thomas Standish, Rose 29 Jan 1621 Story, Elias Tilley, Agnes (Cooper) Tilley, Edward Tilley, Joan (Hurst) Tilley, John Tinker, Thomas Tinker, Mrs Thomas Tinker, son of Thomas Turner, John Turner, son of John Turner, son of John White, William 21 Feb 1621 Wilder, Roger Williams, Thomas Winslow, Elizabeth (Barker) 24 Mar 1621 The unseen narrow end has the following inscription from Gov. Bradford: "ABOUTE A HUNDRED SOWLS CAME OVER IN THE FIRST SHIP AND BEGAN THIS WORKE WHICH GOD OF HIS GOODNESS HATH HITHERTO BLESSED. LET HIS HOLY NAME HAVE YE PRAISE. BRADFORD 1650"
Plymouth Rock Canopy, Plymouth, MA
Profile of Lady Faith Atop the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
View from the Back Side of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
View from the Back Side of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
View from the Back Side of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, MA
See photo in original gallery.
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