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SCENES IN THE PILGRIM STORY

PROTECTED BY A GRANITE CANOPY AND BY BARS TO KEEP RELIC HUNTERS FROM CHIPPING IT AWAY, THE ROCK ON WHICH PILGRIMS LANDED STILL LIES AT THE WATER'S EDGE AT PLYMOUTH WITH THE DATE OF THE LANDING CARVED UPON IT.
The Mayflower has just arrived and its passengers are landing on the "bleak New England shores."
The Pilgrims sadly watching the Mayflower as it sails back toward the comfortable homes in old England which they have given up for "freedom to worship God."
Even when they went to church the Pilgrims were obliged to go armed to protect themselves against attacks by the Indians.