The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-16
THB PATRIOTIC ORDER.
NATIONAL CREST OF THE Uni
TED STATES OF AMERICA.

Being Formed bg the Patriotic Chilli
| dren OF Mtiford-AII school Children
are Requested to Spread the InformH-
| tIon aud Aid la This Good Work
Dues Only Thirteen Cemss Per An
! mum.
j The Patriotic Order Of the National
| Crest of the United States of America
is the name of an order being formed
! by the school children of Milford, Conn.
The motive of this action is to form
: patriotic order wide and broad and
deep enough to embrace within its ma
tional dimensions every one in this land
! who is twelve years old or over-that is,
all who are in or have passed their
thirteenth" year,
Extracts from circular letter eX-
planning the matter in detail:
There are to be no exorbitant dues
and no secrets; all we shall have to do
; is to post ourselves as much as possible
about our national number and day
and flower and flag and arms and seal,
and wear the crest badge always, but
particularly on June Goth, every year.
| The badge is very beautiful realiza-
ton of the Crest of the United States,
consisting of Thirteen Stars" sur
| rounded by a Glory like a Pillar of
| Fire; breaking through a cloud and
forming a new "Constellation." 1t will
consist of a bronze lapel-button for
boys, and white-metal breastpin for
I ri, 81 t,1S,, al
special steel dies at one of the Oldest
and largest manufactures in the land,
and is to be the peer of any badge worn
by any patriotic society in America
The more we learn about these mat
tiers the grander will our conceptions
become Of the wonderful origin and
destiny of our own beloved country!
The parent society has just been
! founded among the school children at
| MifOrd-one of the oldest towns in this
good old land Of steady habits"-Con-
necticut-and one Of the thirteen orig
! inal states, so if every one goes right to
work to start similar organizations ev-
erywhere there is no reason why we
i should not have the very largest and
most enthusiastic Young American or
| der, that of the National Crest" that
there is in the land, and all of this in
the very shortest time, and at a mini
mt II expense! We can surely do it
and surprise our fathers and mothers
with a patriotic society to be proud of!
| 1t will be noticed that the number
Thirteen" is very prominent. National
! Crest" IF Piuribus Unum" and the
/ names Of societies to be formed all con-
tanning thirteen letters.
The dues will be thirteen cents per
annum. The following explains the use
of the money:
One feature of our aim may seem to
| be a very ambitious one; but it is one
not at all beyond the determination and
ability of young America to accomplish
at short notice It Is to build at the
National Capital a grand hall of pa
triotism." For this purpose, out of our
annual dues of thirteen cents year,
one cent per capita shall be set aside
for deposit upon June Goth, annually, in
the national treasury of the United
| States, the same to be left there until
at least one million dollars have ac-
crued towards building fund,
| All school children are requested to
spread this information and thus assist
in the spreading of the order, for the
sake of our country itself!