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Welcome
As George F. Willison says in his book, Saints and Strangers, "The Forefathers were never ones for mummery and ceremonial. They had no use for precedent and tradition, and deliberately flouted both. They were innovators, revolutionaries, never being restrained by the dead hand of the past. They were interested in the immediate scene about them and in trying to make it even better, even at the cost of their lives. They had no time for ancestor worship, no taste for monuments. Rather, they had the supreme human qualities--an intelligent awareness of the things about them, a sensitive desire to do something to bring them closer to their heart's desire, and an absolutely indomitable spirit in pursuing their own high purposes." In the Utah Mayflower Society, our aim is to have "an intelligent awareness of things about" us and so leave our posterity with an "indomitable spirit in pursuing their own high purposes." |
Welcome to
the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Utah. The
Utah Society is a small but strong chapter of the General Society of
Mayflower Descendants. We have an especially strong board, each of
them being outstanding in their position and duties. They make a
significant contribution to the chapter. I often wonder what the
Pilgrims would think of all the chapters and colonies across this nation
who meet regularly in their name.
Elaine Smedley Holbrook, Governor