Arizona republican., 1910-04-03
]. 4. R FLAG LECTURE
 IN MELCzER HALL
Written by Mrs. Henry C. Bowron, to be Delivered by Miss Sharlot
 Hall. April 6.

In M.lczer. hall at I:30 Wednesday evening. april 6, the Daughters of the American Revolution will give a lee ture on the American Flag. it's his tory and evolution. The lecture was written by Mrs. Henry c. Bowron a member of one Of the eastern chap ters and is beautifully illustrated with a large number of stereopticon views. IL will be delivered by the territorial historian Miss Sharlot Hall and the funds are tO be used in purchasing a bronze marker for the grave of Brian D. P. Duppa the man who named Phoenix.
 IL seems aprnpnS at this time to call the attention of the public to some of the aims nf the society known as the Daughters of the American ReVo- mtion. one of it's principal purposes is the inculcatiOn 0f patriotism in the minds of the young; another is the pre servati0n and appropriate marking of places of historical interest. No nation is greater than the love of it's sons and surely il is well in this monry-mad age of Shrewdncss and calculation, t0 pause now and then,
 
 those who have made history. and tn pay q thought of reverence and re spect to those poineers who. through struggle and privation. and often at the price Of life itself. paved the r"ushcnrd pathway Of our feet.
 Little is known of Duppa except the fact that he was an Englishman of education and culture who named both this city and Tempe The former was probably called Phoenix because il was built among the ruins of a prehiS toric people. In ancient oriental myth "lugy the pheniN Was a fabulous bird "f great beauty which after living Tor five or six hundred years. alone in the Arabian wilderness. built itself fun eral pyr" of aromatic gums and spices and flaming the pile into flame with it's wings. was burned upon il. But from among it's ashes arose q new pheniX in all the freshness of youth. The name Tempe comes from th. beautiful vale of Tempe in Thessaly, Greece.
 Another place of historic interest
 which the n. \. F. hopes t0 mark is the site of the Odtman massacre Tn the Gila valley. between Phoenix and Yuma. Here Royse Oatman. his wife and two children were killed and two girls were carried into captivity. The slight monuments which have been erected to commemorate the life and fearful death oi this early pioneer family. are nearly obliterated IL is hoped the public by a large attendance at the lecture "Wednesday evening. will cooperate with the D \. R in per manently marking the historic site Another point which should be honor ed is Navajo Springs. Here. Decem- Der %, 1869. the first American flag was raised in Arizona. after it became a separate territory. IL may be asked why the Naricopd chapter of the h.
 \. R. should interest itself in marking places not in its immediate vicinity. ! The answer is this: IL takes twelve descendants Of revolutionary soldiers. ! or Of persons who aided the revolu- ton. to form chapter and the mem [ bers must be able to prove their des- cent Nowhere else in the territory, so Tar. have these requirements been i met Therefore. the interest which this society takes in historical spots must be state wide
 ! It goes without saying that the 1 people of Phoenix will cooperate with the D. A. R. in purchasing l these markers of bronze They cost about sl5 and have the insignia of ! the society engraved upon them and the event which they commemorate