Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . GOV. BRADFORDS MONUMENT, BURIAL HILL. Marble tai)lets mark the location of the Old Fort andWatch Tower, while nmnerous stones and monuments,which can easily l:)e deciphered, point out resting-places of IilL;rims and descendants. 46 The marble obelisk in memory of Gov. WilliamBradford, the second governor, with its untranslatableHebrew text; and its Latin inscription, freely ren-dered : Do not basely relinquish what the Fatherswith difficulty attained, erected in 1825, is near tous, and around it are numerous stones, marking thegrav
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . GOV. BRADFORDS MONUMENT, BURIAL HILL. Marble tai)lets mark the location of the Old Fort andWatch Tower, while nmnerous stones and monuments,which can easily l:)e deciphered, point out resting-places of IilL;rims and descendants. 46 The marble obelisk in memory of Gov. WilliamBradford, the second governor, with its untranslatableHebrew text; and its Latin inscription, freely ren-dered : Do not basely relinquish what the Fatherswith difficulty attained, erected in 1825, is near tous, and around it are numerous stones, marking thegraves of his descendants. A little back, on a pathto the rear entrance to the hill, is the oldest stonein the cemetery. It must be remembered that formany years the colonists had far other cares, andmany other uses for their little savings, than to pro-vide stones to mark their graves. These had to beimported from England at much cost, and conse-quently it was some years before any were able toafford the expense. The oldest stone is that to thememory of Edward
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