The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-20
LIBERTY'S SONS
AND DAUGHTERS
Defendants OF the Heroes OF l776 At.
tended Church.
SOME HISTORIC RELICS EXHIBITED
Old st. Peters Church Of Philadel-
phia E,nborateiy Decorated with
"Rnttlesnake" aud spine f'ee'
FIags--Service Commemorating
the Winter of 1T at Valley Forge.


Philadelphia. Dec. 19.--The Pennsyl-
vania Society Of Sons of the Revolution
held its ninth annual church service to-
day in old st. Peters church, to com
mcmorate the one hundred and twen-
ticth anniversary of the going into win
ter quarters of the American army at
Valley Forge In 177. ...
The church was deliberately decorated
with hunting and flags. The most
conspicuous COlOrs being the continen-
tai huff and blue" the official colors of
the society.
other Tags included the New Eng
land "pinc tree" the southern rattle
snake" the first national flag, the
French bourbon, the "moultrie,' the
Pulaski banner made to the order of
General Pulaski by the MoraNian sis
tCrs at Bethlehem, Pa, and the West
moreland county dag, which bears on
the right upper corner the cross of st.
c. orge; i'm centre a rattlosnako coilcd
with head erect i'm attitude of striking,
underneath on a scroll the words don't
tread on me- above, the letters u. p"
over those OF II. r. w. &. F." These
stand for John Proctor first battalion
Westmoreland county proyincials.
The members of the society assem-
1lDd m he Penn clun and marched in
a body 10 the church, marshaled by j.
Campbell Lancaster the C.tiCerS ana
board Of managers leading, preceded
by tho color guard oG the society under
cornmanl of captain Russell, carrying
ana rscorting the three large banners
NJ the society.
Invitations We're sent To the officers
of the following patriotic societies: The
Society If Cincinnati. the Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion. Pennsylvania
cummdndery, Daughters of the Amcri-
car. Revolution. Naval Order Colonial
Danes, Daughters of the Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars, Society Of the
War Of 1872 and Governor Elisha Dyer.
Ex-Governor G. W. Liupitt 5. w. T..
Allen, Colonel T.. j. Spedley and Chas.
L. Bennett, members of the Rhode
Island commission on monuments at
Valley Forge
WASHGNGTON'S PEW.
Pew No. Al, in which General and
Lady Washington sat when attending
divine services, was specially decorated
for the seating of officers and board of
mangarS of the society. They are:
President, William Wayne; vice presi-
dent, Richard Mccall Cadwalader: sec
Ond vice president, DR.. William Henry
Ege; secretary, Ethan Allen Weaver:
treasurer. Charles Henry Jones; regis
trar Major Richard Strader Collum, L.
S NJ. c.. historian, Josiah Granville
Leach; chaplain, George WoolSey
Hedges; managers, James Edward Car
penter, chairman; Judge Samuel Whit
aker Pannypacker, Rev, Horace Edwin
Hayden, William Macpherson MOrnor,
DIR, Thomas Hewson Bradford. Isaac
Craig. John Wolf Jordan. Francis Won
Albadr Caheen. Captain Henry Hobart
Bellas, t.. 5. a.
The service was in charge of the
chaplain of the PENNSYLVANIA society,
Rev. George Woolsey Hodge. The fol-
lowing Clcrgymen were also present:
Rev. Richard Henry Nelson. rector of
the church and member OF the Penn
sylNania society; Rev. Cyrus Town.
send Brady, arChdelCOn Of PcnnsNlVa-
MIA and member of the Pennsylvania
society; Rev. Arnold H. HOrd, Rev
Walter Jordan, Rev Francis MaCf'et-
rick, Of the Pennsylvania society; Rev
l.. NJ. Robinson and Rev s. f.. Snvely
The sermon was from the text Deu-
teronomy, i:2S-29, and was delivered by
Roy. DR.. William Wallace Sylvester
rector of the George w. South Memor.
lal church of the Advocatc,and a mem.
Der of the Pennsylvania society.