Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-14
APRIL MEETING OF D. A. R.
Large Number Entertained in Home
of Mrs. Henry Tucker = History of
Society by Mrs. w. F. Root.

Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, held its
April meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. Henry Tucker of
Grove street, Mrs. Tucker and Mrs
Francis E. Perry being the hostesses.
The regent, Mrs. Lyman f. Holden,
and the chaplain, Mrs. Frank w.
Weeks, assisted them in receiving,
and the four appeared in costumes of
earlier days. The house was decorated
with flags and flowers, and refresh
ments were served. There was q large
attendance, and the meeting was one
of special interest.
A pleasing dialogue from Bigelow
Papers by James Russell Lowell was
read by Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Weeks,
and the special feature of the after
noon was u paper, Why l Am Proud
to BE Daughter, by Mrs. Wilfred F.
Root, which was well written and
comprehensive and held the keen in
tcrest of all present.
Mrs. Root Is paper gave first the
facts relative to the organization of
the society and second some of the
notable things it has achieved. The
Sons of the American Revolution, as
sembled in Lexington, KY, April 30,
1890, voted down a motion to admit
women to their society, and in few
days n call for the organization of the
ID. A. h. was issued. 1t was completed
the following October, the motto, For
Home and Country, adopted, and Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, wife of President
Harrison, was invited to be the first
president general. 1t was incorporated
under the laws of Congress the next
year, Miss Clara Barton being one of
the first officers.
At the first Continental Congress the
membership was 1906 and at the last
one more than 100000. For more than
! 100 years the names of the men who
( helped make this republic remained
unknown and unrecorded until resur-
rected by this society from musty
state archives, town muster rolls and
lists in possession of individuals.
"Point out another great society that
has daily record of its work from
organization down to date, or point to
another society whose files show the
details of every line of work in which
they have been engaged.
The paper gave a brief sketch of
Memorial Continental Hall, for which
ground was broken Oct. IL, 1903, the
late Mrs Charles w. Fairbanks, pres
ident general, turning the first sod.
The corner stone was laid April 10,
1904, the gavel used being the one
with which George Washington laid
the corner stone of the national CAPT
tol in 1893. The hall cost over 100000
and was built largely of Vermont
marble.
After the outbreak of the Spanish
American war in 1898, as result of
an offer of the society's services the
society was commissioned to provide
all hospital nurses sent to Cuba and
the camps in the country. From list
of 1900 nurses 100 were chosen.
! Fifty times the surgeon general called
! for nurses and each time the demand
! was met within "a hours. Also $780,
( 600 was sent to hospitals, besides tons
of supplies.
In September, 1914, the president
general in a personal interview with
the President of the United States of
fered the services of the society for
relief work in the European war and
sent out an appeal for the Red Cross
to each state regent. The society con
tributed $l5,259 for Red Cross worl;
and $3.50 more for Belgian relief.
Nearly all chapters are preserving
and marking historic sites of build
ings, battlefelds, forts, roads an6
trails of both Colonial and more mod
crn times and every chapter is idcnti
fying and marking the graves of The
Revolutionary soldiers.