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PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The National Society publishes in New York 

 city a quarterly, " Magazine of the Daughters of 

 the Revolution." The officers of the General So- 

 ciety are: Founder General, Mrs. Flora A. Dar- 

 ling; President General, Mrs. Edward P. Steers ; 

 Secretary General, Mrs. D. Phoenix In graham. 

 The badge is shown at No. 10, and the colors are 

 buff and blue, similar to the Sons of the Revolu- 

 tion. Its rosette is similar to that of the Sons. 



Daughters of the American Revolution. 

 This society has for its objects 

 (1) To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men 

 aiul women who achieved American independence 

 by the acquisition and protection of historical spots 

 and the erection of monuments ; by the encourage- 

 ment of historical research in relation to the Revolu- 

 tion and the publication of its results ; by the preser- 

 vation of documents and relics, and the records of the 

 individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and pa- 

 triots ; and by the promotion of celebrations of all pa- 

 triotic anniversaries. (2) To carry out the injunction 

 of Washington in his farewell address to the Ameri- 

 can people, " To promote, as an object of primary im- 

 portance, institutions for the general diffusion of 

 knowledge," thus developing an enlightened public 

 opinion, and affording to young and old such advan- 

 tages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for 

 performing the duties of an American citizen. (:>) 

 To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of 

 American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love 

 of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the 

 blessings of liberty. 



It was organized in Washington city on Oct. 

 11, 1890, and incorporated on June 8, 189.1. It 

 admits to membership 



Any woman who is of the age of eighteen years, and 

 who is descended from a man or woman who, with 

 unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause 

 of independence, from a recognizeu patriot, a soldier 

 or sailor or a civil officer in one of the several colo- 

 nies or States, or of the United Colonies or States; 

 provided that the applicant be acceptable to the so- 

 ciety. 



This society is organized into local chapters. 

 Wherever there are 12 or more members, local 

 chapters may be formed. These are sometimes 

 named from some woman who lived prior to 

 1820. Especially has this been the case in Con- 

 necticut, where there are 84 chapters, of which 

 number two thirds are named for women who 

 bravely bore their part during the Revolutionary 

 -1 niggle, but whose names were almost forgotten. 

 The society has organized in every State and Ter- 

 ritory except Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, 

 North Dakota, and Utah. Over 8,000 women 

 have been admitted to membership. The annual 

 meeting, called a Continental Congress, is held 

 in Washington city during the week in which 

 Feb. 22 falls. Toward the accomplishment of its 

 objects the various chapters have inaugurated 

 and taken part in numerous celebrations and 

 anniversaries: thus Bunker Hill day was cele- 

 brated with literary and patriotic exercises by 

 the Martha, Washington Chapter in Maryland 

 and in the District of Columbia. The Old Block 

 House (Fort Pitt) was given to the Pittsburg 

 Chapter, who are raising funds to repair it. In 

 New York steps have been suggested toward en- 

 dowing a chair of Colonial and Revolutionary 

 History in Barnard College, as that was New 

 York city's first woman's college of standing. 

 The officers of the National Society are: Presi- 

 dent General, Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson; Vice- 



President General in charge of organization. 

 Mrs. A. C. Geer ; Vice- Presidents General, Mrs. 

 William R. Beale, Mrs. F. W. Dickins, Miss 

 Eugenia. Washington, Mrs. A. Howard Clarke, 

 Miss Ella Loraine Dorsey, Mrs. Harry Heth, 

 Mrs. R. Ogden Doremus, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, 

 Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth A. 

 Hill, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Mrs. John Ritchie, 

 Mrs. A. G. Brackett, Miss Virginia Miller, Mrs. 

 H. M. Shepard, Mrs. Joshua Wilbour, Mrs. Hoke 

 Smith, Mrs. L. P. Backburn, Mrs. Richard Hays, 

 and Mrs. Henry Gannett ; Secretaries General, 

 Mrs. Edward Goodfellow and Miss Mary Desha. 

 The National Society publishes in Washington 

 "The American Monthly Magazine," under the 

 editorship of Mary S. Lockwood. The badge of 

 the society is shown at No. 12, and its colors are 

 blue and white, similar to the Sons of the Ameri- 

 can Revolution, whose rosette it also uses. 



United States Daughters, 1776-1812. 

 This society has for its object 



To secure the genealogies, facts, and traditions of 

 the founders of America, where they came from, the 

 vessels they arrived in, .their descendants, and records 

 of service in the French war, in the Revolution, and 

 War of 1812. These facts, supplemented with inter- 

 esting legends of conspicuous characters that have 

 passed over the cable of time from father to son, form 

 the basis of history and furnish memoirs and bio- 

 graphical sketches of prominent men and women who 

 have given history to the world through words and 

 deeds. 



It was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 

 19, 1892, the anniversary of the announcement 

 of Perry's victory in 1818, and was incorporated 

 in Ohio in 1892. It admits to membership 

 Ladies who are lineal descendants from an ancestor 

 who assisted in the war of 1776-1812, either as a mili- 

 tary or naval officer, a soldier, or a sailor, or in any 

 way gave aid to the cause, provided always that the 

 society reserves to itself the privilege of rejecting any 

 nomination that may not be acceptable to it. 



State societies exist in Ohio, Louisiana, Texas, 

 New York, and Maryland. The General Society 

 meets at intervals of several years on Jan. 8, the 

 anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. The 

 custody of* the unfinished Chalmette monument 

 has been given by an act of the Legislature to 

 the United States Daughters, 1776-1812, in Lou- 

 isiana, and an effort will be made by this society 

 to secure funds for its completion. The officers 

 of the General Society are: President. Mrs. S. 

 A. Webster : Secretary, Mrs. G. A. Ludin. Its 

 colors are blue and gray. 



Daughters of the Cincinnati. This society 

 was incorporated in New York on Dec, 28, 1894, 

 and admits to membership " women \vho are di- 

 rect lineal descendants of officers of the Ameri- 

 can army or navy who took part in the Revolu- 

 tionary struggle with Great Britain and who were 

 entitled to original membership in the Society of 

 the Cincinnati, or who would have been entitled 

 to such membership had they been living at the 

 close of the war." Its officers are : President, Mrs. 

 James N. Lawton ; Secretary, Mrs. M. R. Ferris. 



Mayflower Society. A society composed ex- 

 clusively of descendants of those who came over 

 in the " Mayflower," and to include both men 

 and women, held a preliminary meeting on Dec. 

 22, 1894, find is now in process of organization. 



Of the foregoing societies, the General Society 

 of the War of 1812 is the only one to which 



