Forefathers
Day, December 21: Our Day
Plymouth Wharf and Canopy In 1769 a club was formed to honor
the settlers of New Plymouth. In Thacher's History
of Plymouth, Boston, 1835, he states "...seven
respectable individuals, inhabitants of Plymouth,
instituted a social club...which they called the
Old Colony Club for the purpose of solemnizing
the anniversary of the arrival of our forefathers."
The attention of the group was
focused on Plymouth Rock by Deacon Ephriam Spooner.
He had been a boy of six back in 1741 when Elder
Thomas Faunce made his famous proclamation about
Plymouth Rock. Faunce became concerned when he
heard a wharf was to be built around a huge boulder.
He protested as he spread the story that this
was the very rock on which the Pilgrims had landed.
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In July of 1936 the Pilgrim John Howland Society began to
publish our quarterly newsletter the Howland Quarterly.
Now over 60 volumes of the Quarterly exist.
The main objects of this publication are (1) to bring our
members closer together, for, after all, we are one large
family; (2) to present to you the many interesting items relating
to the Howlands — past and present — and (3) notices of our
meetings, the work we are doing and our plans for developing
the PJHS.
Listed to the right are articles from past issues of the
Howland Quarterly that should be of interest to you.
In addition much of the material of this Web site is culled
from the past issues of the Howland Quarterly and
are written by our members to help celebrate and to educate
about our ancestors achievements and lives.
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