- The Pilgrim Monument was erected to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in
the New World at Provincetown on November 11, 1620.
- The cornerstone was laid August 20, 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the
United States.
- The Pilgrim Monument was completed in 1910 and a dedication ceremony was held on August
5, 1910 with William H. Taft, 27th President of the United States present.
- The tower is 252 feet 7-1/2 inches high. The top of the Monument is 353 feet above
sea level.
- Enjoy a leisurely walk to the top on 116 stairs and 60 ramps. The view from the
top is superb!
- The Pilgrim Monument was erected by and is operated by the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial
Association. The maintenance expenses of the Monument are met wholly from admission
fees.
- The Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States and is built
wholly of granite from Stonington, Maine. Each stone is the thickness of the wall.
- The design of the Monument is copied from the tower of the Torre Del Mangia in Siena,
Italy and is of the Italian Renaissance order of architecture.
Website: http://www.pilgrim-monument.org
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The MayFlower
Compact
In the name of God, Amen. We
whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James
by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
etc.,
Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and
honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of
Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of
another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better
ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid: and by virtue
hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts,
constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient
for the general good of the colony: unto which we promise all due submission and
obedience.
In witness whereof we have
hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod the *11th of November, in the year of the reign
of our sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of
Scotland the fifty-fourth. Ano. Dom. 1620.
| John Carver |
Richard Warren |
John Turner |
Edmond Margeson |
| William Bradford |
John Howland |
Francis Eaton |
Peter Brown |
| Edward Winslow |
Stephen Hopkins |
James Chilton |
Richard Britteridge |
| William Brewster |
Edward Tilly |
John Crackston |
George Soule |
| Isaac Allerton |
John Tilly |
John Billington |
Richard Clarke |
| Myles Standish |
Francis Cooke |
Moses Fletcher |
Richard Gardiner |
| John Alden |
Thomas Rogers |
John Goodman |
John Allerton |
| Samuel Fuller |
Thomas Tinker |
Degory Priest |
Thomas English |
| Christopher Martin |
John Rigdale |
Thomas Williams |
Edward Doty |
| William Mullins |
Edward Fuller |
Gilbert Windslow |
Edward Leister |
| William White |
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* Old Calendar
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The Mayflower Compact
(This document was written and signed in the Provincetown Harbor) |
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Jawbone of a whale |
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| The above two photos reflect the building of the monument.
The President of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association is the gentleman on the
right, J. Henry Sears, who passed on ten days after the completion of the monument.
He is a distant relative on my mother's side of the family. |
Memorial to Donald Baxter MacMillan, Explorer
Born Provincetown 1874
Died September 7, 1970
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