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Rhode Island, Riverside, Providence Co.
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1949 — Elizabeth Tilley Howland Memorial Gravestone, Little Neck Cemetery, Riverside, RI
The Pilgrim John Howland Society placed a memorial stone on the grave of Elizabeth, the only Pilgrim buried in Rhode Island. The text reads: "Here ended the Pilgrimage of ELIZABETH TILLEY HOWLAND who died Wednesday 21-31 Dec. 1687 at home of her daughter LYDIA & husband JAMES BROWN IN Swanzea. ELIZABETH married Pilgrim JOHN HOWLAND who came with her in the Mayflower Dec. 1620. From them descended a numerous posterity. In ELIZABETH'S Will the following inspiring language is used ‘It is my will and charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of ye Lord, and in Love and Peace towards each other.’" Historic Little Neck Cemetery is on Little Neck Avenue in Riverside.

 
Rhode Island, Providence, Providence Co.

1932 — Tablet, Capitol Building, Providence, RI
A brass tablet in the Capitol is headed by an image of the Mayflower and reads: THE MAYFLOWER / DECEMBER 1620 / THIS TABLET IS PLACED / TO HONOR THE PILGRIMS / OF THE MAYFLOWER / * * * / IN AN AGE / OF INTOLERANCE AND OF / BIGOTRY, THE PILGRIMS / OF THE MAYFLOWER LAID / THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS / MIGHTY NATION WHEREIN / EVERY MAN, THROUGH / COUNTLESS AGES, SHALL / HAVE LIBERTY TO WORSHIP / GOD IN HIS OWN WAY / ERECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER / DESCENDANTS IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND / AUGUST 1932

 
Rhode Island, Bristol, Bristol Co.

2001 — Pokanoket - Pilgrim Treaty Plaque, King Philip's Inn, Bristol, RI
This treaty, according to Mourt's Relation, was executed on 22 March 1621 between the Pilgrims and Massasoit, the great sagamore, sachem or king of the Wampanoag. The treaty held until after Massasoit's death in 1662. A plaque bearing the treaty reads: “POKANOKET – PILGRIM / TREATY / MARCH 22/APRIL 1, 1621 / The treaty of mutual support they negotiated said in part:  / 1. That he nor any of his should do hurt to any / of their people. / 2. That if any of his did hurt any of theirs, he / should send the offender, that they might punish / him. / 3. That if anything were taken away from any / of theirs, he should cause it to be restored; and / they should do the like to him. / 4. If any did unjustly war against him, they / would aid him; if any did war against them, he / should aid them. / 5. He should send to his neighbors confederates / to certify them of this, that they might not wrong / them, but might be likewise compromised in the / conditions of peace. / 6. That when their men came to them, they should / leave their bows and arrows behind them. / 7. That King James would esteem Massasoit as / his friend and ally. / — Of Plimoth Plantation. Wm. Bradford / Presented by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.” The plaque is in the headquarters of the Pokanoket Tribe.

 
Pennsylvania, Valley Forge, Montgomery Co.
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1917 — Washington Memorial Chapel Oculus Window, Valley Forge PA
This window Depicts a Pilgrim family of four at table with the words "Freedom from Want."

 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.
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1904 — The Pilgrim Statue Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA
This 9' 1" bronze figure was a reworking by August Saint-Gaudens of his 1887 figure of "The Puritan—Deacon Samuel Chapin" that stands in the Stanford White designed Stearnes Square, Springfield, MA. "The Pilgrim," which is 6" taller than "The Puritan," was commissioned at a cost of $10,000 by the New England Society of Philadelphia. It first stood in City Hall Plaza, Philadelphia, before being relocated in 1920 to that city's Fairmount Park on what was formerly East River Drive (now Kelley Drive) on "Boat House Row," almost across from the Sedgeley Club "lighthouse." In 1998, the Pennsylvania Mayflower Society paid for a replanting of the garden at the statue's base and rededicated the statue with then Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell in attendance.

 
Oklahoma, Stigler, Haskell Co.
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2004 — Mayflower Compact – Ten Commandments Monument, Haskell Co. County Court House, Stigler, OK
Following a private $2,500 fund raising drive, an 8’ granite slab monument engraved with the Ten Commandments on one side and the Mayflower Compact on the other was placed on the front lawn of the County Courthouse, with the approval of the county commissioners, on Nov. 5, 2004. The intention was to spread a religious message. Shortly after it was erected The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit saying that the monument was an intrusion of religion into government affairs. Following a 43-page ruling by a U.S. district judge that the placing of the monument did not overstep the constitutional line “demarcating government neutrality towards religion,” a federal appeals court in Denver on June 9, 2009 declared the monument unconstitutional. On Aug. 22, 2009 the federal appeals court denied the commissioners’ request to leave the monument in place until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to review the case.

 
Ohio, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.
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1929 — Elder Brewster Stained Glass Window, Euclid Avenue Congregational Church of The United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio
The Reverend Dr. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, Pastor 1915-1951, conceived the idea of recognizing seven persons by dedicating to each a stained glass window. The windows illustrate epoch-making periods in Christian history. Each person represented made a significant and unique contribution to mankind, breaking with established tradition and blazing, in some way, a new trail. In order, they are Monica, St. Francis, Wycliffe, St. Joan, Tyndal, Columbus, and Elder William Brewster. Of the Brewster window, the booklet describing the windows states: “VII WILLIAM BREWSTER, 1566-1643, was a leader of the Pilgrim’s group to the New World. The Mayflower on which the Pilgrims voyaged is shown in the rear of the central figure, and the signing of the famous Mayflower Compact by the leaders of the Plymouth Church in Provincetown Harbor is shown in the bottom panel. Dedicated in 1929 the artist was R. Toland Wright. He died before the window was completed and his wife finished the window. In Memory of Clara H. Wood.”

 
New York, Manhattan, New York City
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1885 — Pilgrim Statue, Pilgrim Hill, Central Park, Manhattan, NY.
Created by sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910), the statue was presented to the City of New York in June 1885.by the New England Society of New York on the occasion of that society’s 75th anniversary. It stands upon a granite pedestal designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt (1828-1895) with four bas-reliefs depicting various significant aspects of the Pilgrims’ landing including the Mayflower a Bible, and a sword. The pedestal is inscribed: TO COMMEMORATE / THE LANDING OF THE / PILGRIM FATHERS / ON PLYMOUTH ROCK / DECEMBER 21, 1620

1904 — Isaac Allerton Plaque, Pecks Slip, New York
The New York State Society erected a memorial plaque on the former property of Isaac Allerton on Manhattan between Dover Street and Beekman Street near the East River. It reads: "From 1647 until 1659 this ground was occupied by the warehouse and residence of ISAAC ALLERTON a passenger on the ship MAYFLOWER in 1620. Assistant Governor of PLYMOUTH COLONY, the father of New England Commerce, one of the eight men of New Netherlands in 1643 and for twenty years a leading merchant of NEW AMSTERDAM. In grateful memory of MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS who first established civil and religious liberty in our land, this tablet is erected by The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New York 1904."

 
New Jersey, Trenton, Mercy Co.
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1932 — Pilgrim Memorial Plaque, New Jersey State House, Trenton, NJ
One of the first three General Society of Mayflower Descendants Pilgrim memorial plaques was erected here by the New Jersey Mayflower Society.

 

 
New Jersey, Cape May Court House, Cape May Co.
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Unknown — Cape May Co. Historical Society, Cape May Court House, NJ
Contains in its collection a large framed print of P.F. Rothermel’s Landing of the Pilgrims, a gavel block made from a barn beam of Scrooby Manor, England, where Elder Brewster lived, and a gavel block made from a beam from the Jabez Howland House in Plymouth, MA.

 
New Hampshire, Rindge, Cheshire Co.
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1958 — Altar of the Nations Stone, Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge, NH
Pieces of Plymouth Rock and Pulpit Rock and a General Society of Mayflower Descendants bronze seal were mounted and dedicated on behalf of the General Society.

 
Minnesota, Saint Paul, Ramsey Co.
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1937 — Pilgrim Memorial Plaque, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
A bronze marker dedicated by the Minnesota State Mayflower Society.

 
Michigan, Plymouth, Wayne Co.
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1967 — Plymouth, England Boulder, Plymouth, MI
The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England, came to celebrate the centennial of “sister city” Plymouth, MI and presented a boulder from Plymouth Harbor. It has a marker showing the Mayflower and has the dates 1620-1627.

 
Massachusetts, Truro, Barnstable Co.
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1898 — Pilgrim Spring and Corn Hill Plaques, Truro, MA
Having arrived in Cape Cod Bay, it was here that the Pilgrims drank their first fresh water and discovered a buried cache of Indian corn which provided their first food ashore. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants placed a granite marker commemorating the event atop Corn Hill that reads “Corn Hill – 1620”. In 1900 the Society was deeded all rights to hold in trust of the 50’ x 50’ piece of land.

1920 Corn Hill Monument, Truro, MA
A large monument erected to commemorate the 1620 tercentenary is located at the bottom of the hill. The bronze plaque inscribed “Sixteen Pilgrims led by Myles Standish, William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins and Edward Tilley found precious Indian corn on this spot which they called Corn Hill. November 16, 1620 - ‘And sure it was God’s good providence that we found this corn for else we know not how we should have done.’”
The taking of the corn by the Pilgrims has led to modern day charges that they stole it and never made restitution to the Indians, a myth that has been disproven by the writings of a prime source, Pilgrim Edward Winslow. Next to the monument is another monument commemorating the longest free flight made August 18, 1929 from Corn Hill lasting 15 minutes and six seconds, surpassing that of Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

 
Massachusetts, Salem, Essex Co.
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1676 — First Wife of Richard More Grave Stone, The Old Burying Point, Salem MA
The original grave stone of the first wife of the Pilgrim Richard More has a death's head beneath which is the Latin inscription translating to "today for me, tomorrow for you":
HODIE MIHI CRAS TIBI / CHRISTIAN WIFE / TO RICHARD MORE / AGED 60 YEARS / DECd MARCH Ye 18 / 1676

1686 — Jane More Grave Stone, The Old Burying Point, Salem MA
Jane, whose maiden name is unknown, was the widow Crumpton before marrying Richard More. The stone has a tympanum displaying a soul effigy and a border with figs and half moons on the finials. Punctuation given as on the stone. It reads: JANE . SECOND / WIFE . TO CAPT / RICHARD, MORE / SENR, AGED 55 / YEARS . DEPARTED / THIS LIFE Ye / 8 OF, OCTOBER / 1686 

1696 — Pilgrim Richard More Grave Stone, The Old Burying Point, Salem MA
This grave stone is significant because it is the only stone of a Mayflower passenger placed at the time of burial. It reads: HERE / LYETH BURIED / Ye BODY OF CAPT / RICHARD MORE / AGED 84 YEARS / DIED 1692 / A MAYFLOWER / PILGRIM. The erroneous date and "a Mayflower Pilgrim" are later additions. More was alive as of March 29, 1694 and "lately deceased" as of April 20, 1696.

1950 Pilgrim Richard Moore Plaque, Salem, MA
A bronze plaque on stone reads: IN MEMORY OF / RICHARD MORE / ONLY MAYFLOWER PILGRIM TO SETTLE IN SALEM / HE WAS RECEIVED AN INHABITANT JAN.1.1637-38 / THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF HIS / HOME AND WARF. / PLACED BY / COLONEL TIMOTHY PICKERING CHAPTER / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / JUNE 14, 1950. / SPONSORED BY / MRS. AROLINE C. GOVE. There is a DAR logo in the lower left corner.

 
Massachusetts, Provincetown, Barnstable Co.
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1910 — Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, MA
In 1906 the General Society recommended that each State Mayflower Society contribute a suitably engraved stone for insertion in the proposed monument. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907, and on 5 August 1910 the completed 252' monument was dedicated by President William Howard Taft. It was then second in height only to the Washington Monument. The doorstep of the Eastham, MA, home of Plymouth Colony Governor (1634 and frequently thereafter) Thomas Prence is in the threshold of the west entrance.

1960 — Pilgrim Memorial Highway, Massachusetts

Twenty-one years after the General Society endeavored to promote plans for a "Pilgrim Memorial Parkway" from Marshfield to Provincetown, Massachusetts Route 3A was finally named "Pilgrims Highway" with the signing into law of a Bill by Governor Furculo.

 
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