New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-08
SONS OF PATRIOT FATHERS.
THEY PERFORM A PLEASANT DUTY:
6IvING FORMAL NOTICE TO W. SEWARD WEBB
OF HIS ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY OF
THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE

GIyING FORMAL NOTICE TO w. SEWARD WEBB
OF HIS ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY OF
THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION. =
The society of Sons of the American Revolution was
organized on April 30, with the following natlonai
officers: President ". Seward Webb vice presiucn''
at large William o. Mcdowell, Newark chspia"' 'no
Rev DIR. Timothy Dwight New Haven es's.r",, Hu-
Their L. Tarbeu Boston treasurer, Galus rS"uooA'
ST. Louis secretary J. c. Cresap u . ~
Nd; assistant secretaries wilson l.. "'i' N'''D''
Ohio Charles X King, san Francisco
,erco number Of representatives OF Inc various
s,ate societies banded together under TINS hauohai
administration assembled last night IN 'ne nol'e .,
mr. Wehb A. No $50 Fifth-ave, ana gave MN ioiin"i
ro.ca ~ his election 10 the presidency mere was
o,,.,.o from the Alabama society, committee OF
'on"'ni ~. Ohio society a committee OF from
-, ~ r.rsev society, a committee of three from
a. y~nont society," a committee OF two from the
-opnecticut society aud the MASSACHUSETTS, society
"a olso sent delegates. The vice-prsldent OF the
Alabama society and the secretary and treasurer OF the
.sont society were present. as also Governor
,,oop prsident OF the New-Jersey society. and the
pev william r. Parsons president of the Ohio society
Ono ~ the committee sent from Connecticut is NOM
her of the Connecticut branch Of the Cincinnati 50
cietv Judge Deming OF Yale College, was the chalr
man OF the Joint committees
II was a charming social reunion, and many OF DR..
IL.
repew Cornelius Vanderbilt, +. W. Vanderbilt W. d.
sloane General Alexander 5. Webb, who is member
~ IN. New-York as well as the Cincinnati Society,
General Thomas L. James, Hart Lyman, Coionei L.
Grand B. Cannon. Colonel Crombie Mayor OF Burning
ton: Aditan General T. S. Peck. Of the staff OF the
Governor of Vermont; AdjutantGeneral W. s. stryher'
Of New-Jersey; Ethan Allen. Of New-York Dr.
Webb addressed his friends ana euesOs Ill noa' "
speech in which he said
ono If The unexplained things in TINS country
NJ natriotic societies that one hundred years OF our
history should have been permitted to pass by WITH he
nomSmoTarinc OF events of the Revolution left entirely
in the hands of the Oldest sons Dy .ho q, ,h sncetv
hit officers of the Revolutionary army Ill ''O ''
VIA. could be more appropriate in these centennial
DAYS than that there should have sprung INTO nc a.
the best monument OF hundred years OF prospei{
IN america The National Society Of sons of the Amer,
% mooI ~ those who helped to give independence
10 Ais country and establish cohS"'u'io"'i so'
'' was indeed happy thought that ,d nsp sses es
ina, IN nS on uy d. 1916 the descendants Of the
men of the Revolution resident in that CITY should
sscIvcs. as Sons Of Revolutionary sires' ,.,,.o
il was an unusually happy thought ths1 oen ,Eis
citv that when the centennial Of the last event OF
ibb, the Revoiuiion-ihe evacuation of the city
1 6n N S6erS s5oad U Rsgo gathered IN
sacred long room in Fraunce's Tavern, ana thfrT
to the society already established on the Pacific
slope. -,-..- a.,,,o,i,. ann,
And we'll does the New-YOrk society annually com
memoratc The two even.s-the evacuation OF New
Ynrk bv the British in 1888, and the organization OF
hi,tb Of their society in Fraunce's Tavern.
The events Of the Centennial Inauguration Day
would have been Incomplete had not the delegate
nom societies of of the Revolution rom the
different states throughout the Union. forgetting an
about the parade the show and gutter gathe Gi III
solemn concave and organized the National Socle'y
az sons of thn American Revolution, In mat Same
long room in Fraunces Tavern that had echoed with
tho voice OF the immortal Washington when he bahe
fg cvcn 70 his fellow officers of the Bevo uton alter
success had crowned their every elort ,..
Truly his Is the Centennial Soceiy OF AmerlcS;
One hundred years from the newspapers VII tell
Of the parade OF April 80 1889, and OF the pail Dut
Tho birth of tho National Society of sons OF thH
american Revolution on that day and the Influences
that viii have grown out of that act will be spoken
az a. the cvent-a thing for eternity.
Gentlemen. ! appreciate the honor you Drlhg me
tonight. To be called at this time when ne ~o,h
is IN lis infancy help to give form ana shape 10
that which is to be. and that which IS to exert SO
much influence hereafter, this is indeed, an honoL
ia he aDprec lated. There can be no greater hohot
than to stand at the head OF such soclety one ma i%
lnows no North no South. 40 East no West-Ior no
rories of the Revolution belong to this whole country