The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
THE OLD POWDER HORN
At Williamsburg Is to Be Converted
Into Colonial Museum.
THE CELEBRATION THERE TOMORROW
On tho Occasion of tho Unwilling of
Memorial window in Honor, of
Colonial Governor spotswood =
Tho Norfolk Daughters of the
Revolution Will Attend.

a meeting of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will be held to-day
TO arrange for attending the ceremonies
incident TO the unNeiling of a memorial
window 10 the memory of Colonel-Gov-
ernor Spotswood, at Williamsburg, to.
morrow.
The Daughters desire to attend In .
body if suitable arrangements can be
made.
The memorial window commentaries
the life of Governor Spotswood,t to whom
Is due the enlargement and repair of
the present Church of Bruton parish.
Under his administration was reared
the Colonial Palace. where the Governor
Of the Colony held a vce-reEal court,
and in 1114 by order of the General AS
sembly, was erected n magazine, To-
cally known as Powder Horn" In
grateful memory of his regard for the
prosperity of Virginia, the Colonial
Capital Branch" of the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
decided TO make the Powder Horn n
Colonial museum, to adorn the walls
with the armor!al bearings of the Colo
MAI museum, and to convert It's two
windows into memorials of Governor
Alexander Spotswood and of Nathaniel
Bacon the rebel of 1876.
PROGRAMME OF THE UNWILLING.
TO this end the branch has worked for
the past year, and now, owing to the
l.berality of Mrs. William Francisco
Spotswood. Sr., of Petersburg, whose
husband was lineal descendant of the
Governor, the window TO Governor
Spotswood has been placed, and will he
unveiled with appropriate ceremonies by
Miss Catherine Spotswood to-day. Hon
John Goode will deliver an address
which will be followed by poem by
| Hon. James Lindsey Gordon, in the col
| lcEe chapel.
The unveiling Will take place in the
\, IL
| Hon. Beverley II. Munford. After that
q luncheon will be served to the invited
suests-the president Of the association
Mrs. Joseph Bryan; Mrs. William Writ
/ Henry. state regent of the Daughters
| of the American Revelation: Mrs Ed
mund c. Minor. president OF the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
| the president. Mrs. Russell Robinson
and other charter members of the Colo
NAL Danes of Virginia; NIr. Joseph
| Bryan. president of the Society of Colo
NAL Wars, with the vice. presidents.
Mr.. William Writ Henry. president OF
| the Sons Of the American Revolution:
| Mr.. j. Aston Cabell, president of the
| Sons OF the Revolutions; the presi-
| dent of the Society of the Cincinnati
the ADVISORY Board of the Association
| for the Preservation of Virginia An
| tlquities; vice presidents and direc-
trcsses of the numerous branches cX-
tending throughout the State.
| Regarding the work of com pleting the
musem the Richmond Dispatch SAYS:
1T is .he hope OF the society next fall
| To unvcil the Bacon window, and, in
order tina; they may be able to DO so.
| those Of The EacOn lineage are urged To
contribute OF thei: time and means tn
the accomplishment Of this purpose.
| Relies of The Colonial period are earnest
| ~ deEirci. Many filings are mouldorina
| in oil %aryets and cellars, which. if
| hrou&ht 10 l:Eht, would Illustrate the
history of Virginia and adorn this
| museum. making ii Il resort for al who
vaiue the early history of the Colony.
| IN Yet another year il is the proud
! respiration of thc Association for the
Preservation Cf Virginia antiquities TO
erect upon the site of the House OF Bur
| %cSS"S Nttia@ monument TO those
ci2hty-ninc patriots who threw down
| tho gauntlet 10 ENGLAND, defying her
arbitrary and tYranniCal rule Thus in
! three years VIII have been ACCOMPLISHED
a work ~ which any association might
! feel justly ugOUi. |, is The snecial idco
| OF ne Washington Branch of the hsso-
cation Iur the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities TO secure the site Of the
| House or 4uHScsses. and to erect this
monument, IN which it will be aided by
me 'i"!i. moEc branch and the Colonial
| Capital Branch.
| - list Of the coats-Of-arms now ready
| with the names OF their artists is siyea
| below. and is Very intereSting:
"n9hn Smiih-Mr. William Sheppard,
Miss Louisa McLain, of Richm 1nd. 80
| Sir GEORGE Yeardley-Atiss Susan g
Garrett, Of williamsburg. ~
Sir William Bcrkeley-Airs. CARRIER,
OF Richmond. :" =
"Major-General Richard Bennett
Robert G. Child. Ashland.
81" Francis Nicholson-Miss Julia
Suily. Petersburg.