The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-12
MEETING VERMONT S. A. R.
w. T. Dewey, Elected President at
Annual Session


Montpelier, Nov. 10 The annual
meeting of the Vermont Society of |
the Sons of the American Revolution
was, held Thursday afternoon in the |
Kellogg Hubbard library hall A fea-
ture of the program was an address
by Wi liam Allen Marble of New
York. presidentgenera of the nation
al society
Mr. Allen spoke as follows being
warmly applauded on several occas-
ions especially in his reference to
President Dewey, of whom he said:
Il congratulate you upon your
president, William r. Dewey. To
( him more than any other man is our
enthusiasm and moral upift due in
great measure | tell you if you
should cut Mr.. Dewey into pieces sec
/ ton by section, he would be found
red. white and b'ue, all through.
Your state is rich in Revolutions
airy memories. There is no one who
has studied the history OF the Amer
lean Revolution but has received
deep impression of the wonderful pa.
triotic work done by the Green Noun
tain boys and the story of Ethan AL
len at Ticonderoga and OF General
Stark at Bennington sends pulsing
through the veins a spirit Of ethusi-
asm
The taking of Crown Point on the
same day that Fort Ticonderoga fell,
by Seth Warner and his Green Noun.
tain boys | feel has not had the pub
licity that Is its due
Each state Of the original thirteen
colonies has some particular spot
on which some battle was fought
which is claimed by them 70 be the
. turning point in the fight against the
British crown. But am free to say
: after careful study that the so-called
Battle Of Bennington was one of the
most important engagements and one
: which turnerd the tide of war IN ia.
vor of the co 'onists and did more to
rouse their dropping spirits than any
Of the battles fought during the Revo-
luton.
Il wish to call special attention to
Ian important measure. When Hor-
= ace Porter was United States Minis
ter to England he discovered the re-
maips of John Paul Jones first Amer
lean admiral, and received permission
to send them to Annapolis by a bat.
tleship especially consigned by the
United States. Services were held
and 1t was the intention to place the
body in a crypt to be completed in
the chapel. Under a flight of stairs
on two wooden horses covered by an
, American flag the body OF John Paul
Jones lies today, the crypt unfinished.
Every effort to induce Congress
to appropriate money for the compile
ton of the honor has been unavail.
: ing. Bills entered In House and
Senate were killed. We urge the
y various state societies to make this
a personal matter and to endeavor to
pledge their Senators and Congress.
men to support the bill for this pur-
pose TO be introduced at the coming
= Congress probably by Senator Ray.
\ mOnd vi Maryland. IL is shame
, and disgrace that the body of the
first admiral be unburied. Illinois al
} ter a plea OF this kind. pledged its
Senator and Congressman to support
4 the measure to be introduced
There is a temptation to say some.
ye thing in connection with our flag In
stead of the thirteen stars Of our faith
ers note the forty.six stars in the
blue field of our flag today When
this flag was created its purpose was
to serve on the field of battle Ours
today Is an emblem OF peace Oul
ID flag Is not only the emblem OF lber
, ty and freedom but II stands for thai
!, higher spirit Of patrlotism-that splr
II Of honesty In public and privat,
= life-that spirit OF devotion to tn,
cause of right eyerywhere-and I,
universal peace, than which no othe
flag stands as It's co.equal"
Officers for the ensuing year wer,
IN elected as follows: President, w. 7
- Dewey of Montpelier; vice president
m Frank l.. Greene of st. Adams: secre
tary, Walter II. Crockett OF Montpel
- Ter; treasurer. Clarence l.. Smith o
Burlington registrar, II. l.. Stillsoi
OF Bennington; historian, Walter II
Crockett of Montpelier; chaplain tn
10 Rev, Homer A. Flint OF Montpelier
auditing committee. c. w. Brownel
s. w. Kinds of burlington, Harve,
1. r. Kingsley OF Rutland; managers
- II. s. Foster OF North Calais, II. G
, Clark OF Orange, N. j.. John A. Mea
OF Rutland, +. s. Pease OF Burlington
Or. II. ID. Holton of Brattleboro. Wal
IT rem Peck Of New Haven, Conn, an
". II. 5. Howard of Burlington.
al The delegates elected 20 the ma
ional meeting TO be held next Apr
at Louisville, KY, are Col II. w. A
len OF Burlington, George II. Cross {