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appointment she replied promptly and
/ accepted the position offered TO her.
! Therefore Mrs. Darling IS not the found
/ er of this society as has been printed
1 and proclaimed by her
Flora Darling's Letter.
Here in my hand is her letter of ac-
ceptance. written to Miss Washington
and dated August 30. 1880. I read but
/ few sentences.
Culpeper. Va, August 90. 1890.
| thank you for suggesting my name
/ as one Of the board OF managers. which
/ ! accept, but remember my personal
[ anlctiCn makes it impossible for me
/ 10 be All active vice president. for the
/ patriots IN Heaven could hear any
I motion that 4 could hear. /
I really have no aspirations or qualifica-
/ Jlons for any once OF responsibility.
and wish others more quallned 10 MI
. the Offices but II there is a position
/ Tor which am qualified it is that OF
historian Sincerely.
FLORA ADAMS DARLING.
/ This is history easily proved. as in
/ the report Of she committee TO the con-
/ tinental congress OF 1887 which awarded
+ 10 the founders. Facts are Important.
! individuals are of little consequence ex-
I cept as they inspire and push forward
a great national cause. The names Of
I Your founders, Washington. Desha. and
Hardin belong to the heroic age OF the
| Republic, and represent its progress in
the birthplace of each founder. Virginia.
] The colonies. Kentucky. the first State
admitted TO the Union. and Illinois. the
great West. The individual names rep
resent simply Daughters OF tho AmerI-
can Revolution devoted TO the progress
Faf1r,
tOrical society which counts forty thous-
and and more Of just such Daughters
in the States Of the Union.
A Great FoTce.
The spirit the sentiment which brought
this society into existence was in the air;
il was a great natural force that swept
over the hearts of the people OF the
country after the Centennial OF 1S76-at
Philadelphia. The nation had then rail-
lied from period OF intense peril-the
civil war. The very name OF Daughter
OF the American Revolution was
clarion cali 10 North and South for union
in the memory of a common past OF
glory, The old spirit of independence.
the cry of liberty thrilled North and
South alike. Sons OF Liberty of l776
were now Sons Of the Revolution in 1856.
Women Of the Home Guard" IN 1776
were now Daughters OF the American
Revolution In 1886
Thought turned backward. North and
South together had vision OF liberty
in the records Of their common ances-
tors Of but three generations backward.
The voices Of those ancestors had
reached us through thousands OF the
aged who had spoken to the heroes of
17l6
We listened. That was all. AS the
voice Of God speaks to those who listen.
so did the voice Of liberty and law
speak TO us. So does il vibrate in our
hearts now. today as We consecrate this /
projected building TO the memory of
the men and women Of I776.
Gratitude for Freedom.
We women. in our weakness erect
this noble monument in gratitude for
the freedom we now enjoy.
This day makes an era for Ameri-
can women. VIII II be denied that
this event marks and typifes a subtle.
q mysterious union between Daughters
Of The American Revolution and the
Government Of this country? Men ad-
minister the government. women love
u .
die Tor it.; some have so died
This beautiful building shall arise
clothed like a bride IN the whiteness
OF purity. and 50 long as stone stands
upon stone It snail be welded 20 that
majestic Capitol on the hill; II the
power Of the Government is there. on
the hill. the love that cherishes and
preserves the Government is here, and
The demonstration of this love Of coun-
Try is in the offering we make today
OF this commemorative stone, and all
il promises. 10 the men and women
OF the Revolution who were the creators !
and founders OF the Republic Of the
United States OF America
Mrs. Lockwood Speaks.
Mary Desha. another Of the founders.
spoke briefly on the same lines. She was
followed by the third surviving founder.
Mrs Mary S. Lockwood. who said:
Madam President General and Cii-
zens of this Republic. When the good
people Of the colonies decided that there
should be no taxation without represen-
ntion- man, in the generic sense, be
came citizen de factO When the first
Presidents Were elected by general vote
in the several States. il settled the ques-
ton OF citizenship, practically. for both
men and women
Deborah Sampson. Mol Pitcher. Han
nah Arnctt. the defenders OF PeDDerill
Bridge, Abigail Adams. Emily Getzer.
ana every woman who seWed a flag
twirlcd the distaff. sent food and cloth /
ing to the half-clad armies. worked the
farms. and kept the families together
through the long revolutionary struggle
did more than 10 pay the taxes: they /
gave the service Of citizens 20 their
ccunfry-and there is no word that stands
tor more than service
A Notable Day.
Then came a notable day IN the his
tory Of TIE republic. when the finan-
cial policy OF Secretary Chase made
greenbaeks a leRsll tender. and placed
women in the Treasury Department In
the callow youth OF the greenbaek. the
large sheets On which they were print