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MEMORIAL DEDICATION AT ANSON
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boulder and told how it was obtained
from Arnold's Eddy, the landing place
of the troops on their carry around the
falls. Mrs. Holley told of the vote
taken by the North Arson Chapter to
erect a marker here and upon finding
that this was also the intention of the
Madison Chapter, they united with
them in the work.
Mrs. Grace Coils Humphreys. re-
gent of Margaret Golf Moore Chapter
presented the boulder to the town of
Arson in behalf of the Chapters and
Walter Hilton, chairman of the Board
OF Selectmen, accepted it,
Mrs EVE Robinson was the next
speaker and her address was as fol-
lows:
Every person when given a position
of honor and trust has a desire to
mark their labors with their own in
diyiduality. and so when Miss Coburn
appointed me State Chairman of the
Committee on Historic Spots. | made
a careful inspection of my field of la
Dor, and while our State is rich in
historic ground, l felt that our rich
est treasure was that given us by the
dishonored Arnold, and | asked the
State Council to erect at the most
prominent points-memorials to mark
the lines of march through the State
The evil that men do, lives so much
more wildly in our minds than their
good, that sometimes we remember
only the dishonor and forget the many
times when they obeyed orders and did
their duty in the face of the greatest
danger and hardship. This has been
our attitude toward Benedict Arnold
He and his band of brave men did
General Washington's bidding and did
it under conditions so hard that we of
this age of ease cannot conceive of
them. And it is fitting that the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton in Maine should mark this trail
and do their part of the great work
done by our Society throughout this
broad land of ours.
AS Chapters We often feel that We
work very hard and that we could
not do more but if we keep our minds
on the work done by the Society as a
whole we shall soon realize that Maine
does not live up to her privileges.
For a moment let us looh over the
work done of late by some other
states. Arizona with very few chap
ters is working for public Fairgrounds.
California and Washington are doing a
grand work for the immigrants for
patriotic education and the welfare of
oh; RI; in q
of the Santa Fe Trail in Colorado has
been completed after eight years of
hard work. More than thirty
ers have been erected in this State
alone and the work that was begun
with only $50 in hand, when finished
was all paid for.
No State has done more work than
Connecticut. 1t has been so vast and
far reaching the past few years that
any society could we'll be proud of it.
Two Chapters published last year
books of value at a money cost of
over $20e. The State Society publish
ed a guide to Immigrants in sour
languages that has been most helpful,
and many of the western as well as
Massachusetts and New York are
making practical use of the guide. The
author is John Foster Carr. 1t has
cost the daughters, 81 1000. They have
also given 80 scholarships in the
schools of the south for the Mountain
eer. Last year the money value of
the work done in that one State was
more than $4,000
Idaho with three chapters last year
published a pamphlet description of
the Flag and placed it in the schools.
Illinois is one of the States where the
Daughters are strong in membership
and enthusiasm. They maintain night
schools for foreigners and last year
gave over $4,000 for schools in the
South. Their Good Roads Commit