Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1920 — PILGRIM FATHERS’ BONES EXHUMED AT PLYMOUTH [ARTICLE]

PILGRIM FATHERS’ BONES EXHUMED AT PLYMOUTH

Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 14.—The bones of some of the Pilgrim fathers were exposed for a time today when the box in which they have been kept was taken from the canopy over Plymouth Rock where -it had rested since 1880. Records do not identify the bodies, but the two relatively well preserved skulls and other bones found in the casket are reputed to be those of members of the colony who died during the ordeal of the first winter. The canopy is to be removed and the rock reset to bring it again to shore level.