Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-31
DAUGHTERS AMERICAN REVU-
LUTON.

virginia c'ee conference Openeu lts
session in the rooms of the Business
Mems Leagus at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, with Mrs. Hugh Nelson Page,
state Regent, presiding.
After prayer by Mrs. w. A. Smoot,
chaplain general of National Society,
Mss Powell, of Mt. Vernon Chapter.
was elected secretary for the conference.
The State Regents report was read az
follow and accepted:
Ny Dear Ladies: In opening this, our
fourth, annual State Conference ] wish to
express the genuine pleasure it gives me to
meet yon sgsin and 20 congratulate you that
our meeting should be he'd in this ancient
md hospilable city. There could be no more
appropriate place for the gathering Of our or.
SANITATION, which has for its object the per.
peIu'tion of the events Of the War of the
Revolution. Around its history cluster mem.
ories, and with it's association are entwi led
he names of some OF the most illust 'ious he
roes of that period chief among which is
hat name which Is indelibly stamped upon
he fabric of our pstionslity, who lived aud
Horshipped here and who now sleeps so
peacefully in that beautiful spot not far
away, on the banks of the noble river which
washes your shore, his spirit, perhaps, con-
templating with y that greatness OF whose
beginning he hsd so much part OF our
work / can only repeat what | have said in
former sddresses-that in order to keep up
)ur organization we must devote ourselves IN
our separate chapters 10 some local objects.
and Ia our State ard nationsl bodies TO OBJ.
iects OF wider interest-and | must again ex
press my roget that my services as State Be
gent shou have been more barren Of results
nan could have hoped for. What little ]
have been able to accomplish however, 1t is
| hope needless 10 assure you, has been a
labor of love, and | shall always cunt these
years and the associations which they have
brought me among the bappiest of my Iife.My
only regret in leaving the Office which you
80 generously bestowed me is the thought
that have been able to accomplish so little
[ bespesk for my successor. whoever she
may be, the same kindly sympathy and con.
sideraiiOn which yen hsve always shown me
and lam sure that under someone more worthy
han our State organization has a bright
| and prosperous future before it. i have been
| fortunate in having two new chapters to add
| this yesr-Hampton ard Fredericksburg =
| and have every reason to expect two more
for whom have appointed regents at Win
| chester and Suffolk, to be added coon. By 1
| N sfoItune. for which no one can be blamed
| did not receive any notice Of the meetin.
of this conference until II was too late to have
| the details OF our work laid out beforehand
| out feel sure we will find this conference a
useful and helpful to our organization, an1
| certainly as delightful socially as those which
have preceded 1t.
Miss Hetzel, OF the Mount Vernon
Chapter, made the address of welcome
which was responded to by Mrs. futile
of Albemsrle Chapter. Both addresses
we're much enjoyed by all present.
Miss HetZel spoke rs follows:
To the Virginia State Conference of tn,
| Daughters of ihs American Revolution
bring the welcome of the Mount Vernon
| Chapter.
Ne welcome TO this historic town
| hsllowed by m mories not only Of Washing
| ton, but of the MaaOns, the Less aud count
| ess other patriots of the Revolution.
Here was framed agd sdopted in 1774, thu
| Fairfax Resolutions, protesting against thu
losing OF the b ston port and announcing
| hat inflexible resolve: "lf Boston Submits
We do not" What would they do If Boston
| lid not submi2' said a csIpiDg critic. The
| ,eply was, what they did; send the man Il
| drive the British out of RostoD."
In May 1913. handful of Daughters me
| 1t Moant Vernon, near the tomb OF thu
grestest Of men aud organized the Noun
Vernon Chatter. Two of the groat grand
isushters OF his beloved brother, John An
justine Washington, welcomed the other mem
| bers of the Chapter
Now, the Mount Vernon Chapter welcome
i he Virs inia Daughters at their State Con
'ereI ce. As at our organization, We ar
! greeted By two of the Daughters Of Noun
Vernon. One is our beloved Regent; tn,
other our honored delegate, the last Dau 2hte
Dorm at Mount Vernon. She invites you &
| 20 with her 10 the tomb of her great uncle
| and the home OF her fathers, and here WI
sill visit the Washington Lodge the Car
yle House, dear Cd Christ Church and tho
| Fairfax g. minary so rich with treasures o.
| the glorious past
And may the Lord who has been cur re
| foge from one generation to another" be with
| this Conference; gu de their thoughts inspire
their tongues and prosper heir hsndiwork.
Mrs. futile OF the Albemarle Chap
ter responded as follows
1t seems specially fitting that the response
| 20 the cordial welcome the Mount Vernon
Chapter has just made to the delegates Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, as.
sembled here today, ia this city go filed with
revolutionary TeminisC ences. should be made
BY the mem or from historic Albemarle. To
you of the Mount Vernon Chapter has been
given the honor of having for your hero
The Father Of his Country" while we Of the
Albemarle Chapter dwell under the shadows
Of the home of the Sage OF Monticello, AID In
the midst Of his last great achievement-the
University of Virginia AS Washington ard
Jefferson were lifo long friends and co work
ers for the cause of liberty and the establish
ment of this nation SO we who have come from
all parts of Virginia to accept your Hospitality
80 generously given, will prove OURSELVES en-
inent v worthy heirs to the heritage of the
American home, which they and our Revo
lutionsry ancestors made possible for us. 1t
has been truly said "A mans home is his
CASTLE" TIE home of every one Is TO him as
his castle aud fortress, as we'll his defense
against injury aud violence. as for his re-
pose" II our many thousands Of daughters
Of the American Revolution guard
we'll their castles through moral force
and strength and teach their children to be pa
'riotic to home and principle, the new times
will excel the good old times of the chivalrous
AulRut5 anu DdtbiO obniuON nOiOCo. 4nuctu,
IF hero means sincere man. why may not
every Que of US be hero p We are told that
''brevity is the soul of wit" and with these
ew words |, in the nsms of the many Dsugh-
,ers assembled here today. thank you most
heartily for your cordial old-tlme welcome to
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The minutes OF last meeting were
then read, and, after corrections, al
proved.
The roll was called and delegate
from the following chapters responded:
Cd Dominion, of Richmond; Fort Mel
s n, OF Portsmouth; Mt. Vernon, OF tn 8
city; Albemsrle, OF Cnarlotstevill, ;GresI
Bridge, Norfolk; Beverly Manor,
5iaunton; Montpelier, Of Orange; Bet
lie Washington Lewis, of Frederick
ourg; Margaret Lynn Lewis, OF Ros