Citizens Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Laying of the Cornerstone for the Pilgrim Monument
"In August of 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt sailed from Long Island in the presidential yacht Mayflower, escorted by Navy torpedo boats and came ashore with a landing party of 1,500 Marines who lined the streets from MacMillan Wharf up to High Pole Hill, where the monument to the pilgrims would be built."
(Provincetown)—The Cape Cod Times reports that this week two cannon salutes fired by the ship Kalmar Nyckel announced the arrival of the ferry Provincetown II, which carried dignitaries and hundreds of invited guests to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Pilgrim Monument.
In November of 1620, following a two-month Atlantic crossing, the Pilgrims composed the Mayflower Compact, a document that detailed how they would govern by majority rule, and whose spiritual descendant is the U.S. Constitution. (Photo: Cape Cod Times)
In August of 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt sailed from Long Island in the presidential yacht Mayflower, escorted by Navy torpedo boats and came ashore with a landing party of 1,500 Marines who lined the streets from MacMillan Wharf up to High Pole Hill, where the monument to the pilgrims would be built.
According to the report, lifelong Provincetown resident Frances Raymond, 102, was the only one who attended both the ceremony a century ago and the centennial yesterday.
