“ EAL DAUGHTE S R R OF THE AME ICAN EVOLUTION R R MA RGARET B. HARVEY Historian of Merion Cha ter D. A. R. p ; Pusu snao BY MERION CHAPTER . BALA, PA. PRICE .FIFTY CENTS PHILADELPHI A Gt mm m r nn a m o Coxm m r 404: LANCASTE R Avnm m M R ION CHA PTER D. A . R . E . OFFICERS FOR 19 1 1 fl R EGENT Dora H arvey Deve l i n Mrs. J oh n F. ( ) - — FI RST VICE REGENT E l i zabe th Keyser De Arm ond Mrs. Geor e . ( g J ) - — SECOND VICE R EGENT MISS Mary E l la H ardin H g - — TH IRD VICE REGENT Laura Kersh aw H ardin Mrs. Edward H . g ( ) — TREASURER Fl oren ce H eston Jones Mrs. Shell T . ( y ) — CORRESPOND I NG SECRETARY Gertru de H arvey H u hes Mrs. Peter . g ( J ) — R ECORD ING SECRETA RY Mrs. Beu l ah Harvey Whilld in — H ISTOR IAN Miss Mar a re t E . H arvey g — R EGISTRA R Mat i l d a H eston H oot Mrs. Wesl ey H . ( ) BOARD OF MANAGEMENT M iss E l len Jones H eston An na Fu l m e r Sh aw Mrs. Sam uel ( ) M iss V i r i n i a Marsh al l Mrs. E l l en H eston Bo d g y Gertrude H arvey Whil ldin Bu ek Mrs. Lou is H . ( ) Subscri pt ions m a be sen t b m on ey orde r or c heck to the t reasu re r y y , - Mrs. She l ly T. Jon es 16 60 North Fi fty fi fth Street Ph i l ade l ph i a Pa. , , , I NS IGN IA OF TH E NATIONAL SOC I ETY OF TH E DAUGHTERS OF TH E AME R ICAN REVOLUTI ON . Gold S pi n n i ng Wheel , wi th thi rteen spokes and thi rteen stars to represen t thi rteen ori i n al states. D istaff o f l ati n u m . R ibbon b l u e an d white the g p , , colors of the u n i form of Washi n torfi s Bod Guard g y H I S T O R Y OF TH E Real Dau hters of the Am erican Revolu tion g The Nat i on a l Soc i e ty of th e Daugh te r s of t h e Amer i c a n Revo l u t i on wa s forma l ly organ i ze d i n Wa sh i ngton D. C. Octobe r I I 1 8 0. The , , , 9 fi r s t P r es i de n t Gen e ra l was M r s . B en j am i n Ha rr i son w i fe o f t h e Pre s i , d en t O f t h e Un i t e d Sta te s. Th e Soc i e ty wa s on e d i re c t re su l t o f t h e great wave Of pa t r i ot i sm ’ - t ha t p re c ede d th e VVOrld s Co l umb i a n Expos i t i on 1 8 2 . , 9 9 3 Th e Ob j e c t s of th e Soc i e ty as se t for t h i n th e Con st i t u t i on a re : , , “ V I To pe rp e tu a t e t h e m emory of th e Sp i r i t o f t h e m en a nd ( ) wom en who ach i ev ed Amer i c a n i n depend en c e by th e a cq u i s i t i on an d ro p tection O f h i s tor i c s ot s a n d th e e rec t i o n o f mon umen t s by th e en cou r p , ; ' a em en t of h i s to r i ca l re sea rc h i n re l a t i o n to t h e Revo l u t i on an d t h e g , pu b l i ca t i on of i t s r e s u l t s by th e p re se rva t i on o f documen t s and re l i c s ; , a n d of th e re cord s O f t h e i n d i v i du a l se rv i c e s of Revol u t i ona ry so l d i e r s a n d pat r i o t s an d by th e ce l eb ra t i on s of a l l pa t r i ot i c a n n ive rs a r i e s . , “ 2 To ca r ry ou t t h e i n j u n ct i o n of Wash i ngton i n h i s Fa rewe l l ( ) ‘ Add r e s s to th e Amer i ca n peop l e to p romote a s a n ob j ec t o f pr i ma ry im , , ’ por tan c e i n s t i tu t i on s fo r t h e gen e ra l d i ffu s i on o f know l edge. t h u s deve l , op i ng an en l igh t en ed p ub l i c op i n i on an d afford i ng to you ng a nd o l d su ch , a dv an tage s a s s ha l l d eve l op i n t h em t h e l a rge s t ca pac i ty for pe r form i ng t h e du t i e s of Amer i c a n c i t i z en s. To ch e r i sh ma i n ta i n an d ext e nd th e i n s t i t u t i on s O f Amer i c a n ( 3 ) , f r e edom to fo s te r t ru e pa t r i o t i sm and l ove o f cou n try a n d to a i d i n s e , , ” cu r i ng for mank i nd a l l t h e b l e s s i ngs O f l i b e rty. “ W Th e fo l l ow i ng se c t i on d efi n e s e l i gi b i l i ty : “ Any woman may b e e l igi b l e for member sh i p who i s of t h e age of e igh te en yea rs , a nd w ho i s d e sce n ded from a man o r woman who, w i t h u n fa i l i ng l oya l ty , r e nd ered ma te r i a l a i d to t h e cau se Of i nd epen den c e : f rom a re cogn i z ed pa t r i o t a so l d i e r or sa i l o r o r c i v i l offi c e r i n on e o f t h e , sev era l Col on i e s or S ta t e s or of t h e Un i t e d Co l on i e s or S ta t e s p rov i d ed , ; " t ha t t h e a pp l i ca n t b e a c ceptab l e to th e Soc i e ty . The fi rs t work sugge s t e d for th e young soc i e ty wa s th e comp l e t i on of t h e monum ent to Mary Ba l l Wash i ngton mot h e r O f Gene ra l Geo rge , Wash ington , a t Frede r i c k sbu rg , Va., wh i c h had b ee n l e ft i n an u nfin i s h e d cond i t i on for ma ny yea r s. A re so l u t i on embody ing t h i s s ugges t i on was