Pilgrim Memorial Monument
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| Height 252 feet . Cost $90,000,00., The Pilgrim Memorial Monument which stands upon Town Hill, Provincetown, Mass., and which is a landmark for many miles around, is erected to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrims at Cape Cod Nov. 11th. 1620, their anchoring in this harbor; the adoption in the cabin of the Mayflower, on the day of the arrival of the Compact of the Government, the first charter of a democratic government in the world's history: the birth here of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England: the death of Dorothy Bradford. the wife of Wm. Bradford. afterward Governor of Plymouth; the explorations in search of a place for permanent colonizations; and the entire train of events which preceded the settlement of Plymouth |
