Paintings of the Mayflower, and a beautiful modern model of the ship.
Paintings, drawings, and photographs illustrative of early Pilgrim history, and hundreds of objects showing the growth and continuance of the Colony.
The Old Colony Club
A bronze tablet affixed to a boulder on the lawn of the Old Colony Club declares:
The Old Colony Club
Organized January 13 1769
Founders
- Isaac Lothrop
- Pelham Winslow
- Elkanah Cushman
- John Thomas
- Edwards Winslow Jr.
- John Watson
- Corneilius White
- Alexander Scammel
- Thomas Mayhew Jr.
- Samuel Adams
This Club had the distinction of holding the first public observance of Forefathers’ Day, on Dec. 22, 1769. At one of the first meetings it was voted: “that Friday, December 22 be kept by this Club in commemoration of the landing of our worthy ancestors in this place.”
The day was celebrated by the firing of a cannon, the display of a handsome flag upon the Club house, a procession of the members, who were greeted by a volley of small arms and a patriotic song by assembled school children, a dinner, and an evening entertainment.