The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07
YEAR ACTIVE ONE IN
WORK Of A. ?. Y. A.
Acquisition of Grown of Queen OF the
PAmamkey Indians Interesting
Event OF Year.
WORK MEETS APPRECIATION
Nrginians in Other States Form
BFanches-OHer Of SIS, 900 For Fa-
nous Old Powder Horn Mt Will
liamsburg Declined.

nous Old Powder Horn Mt WILL
liamsburg Declined.
One OF the interesting events of the
past week was the annual meeting OK
the Association for the Preservation
of Virginia Antiquities an interesting
account Of the activities OF which 10
given in the yearly report made by
the president.
Mrs. ElIyson's Report.
The annual report of Mrs. j. Taylor
Ellyson. president Association for Pre-
servation Of Virginia Antiquities is as
follows
I'VE enter today upon the 29th year
of active service of the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Anti
quities.
I'VE are holding for the fifth time
our annual meeting in John Marshall
House. We cannot too frequently call
to mind that the object Of this assoc
citation is to acquire. restore and pre-
serve the ancient and historic grounds,
buildings, monuments and tombs of
the Commonwealth Of Virginia. and
to receive the same by gift or pur-
chase as 10 provided by the provi-
sions Of our charter.
How faithfully We have discharg-
ed the trust conffded to us can best
be measured by what we have &C
complished since the organization of
the association.
Our work OF restoration and pre-
servation grows more and more in
value as the years come and go.
The report from our treasurer
made soon after the last annual meet
Ing, told how she had received many
letters expressing high appreciation
of the work of the association These
words of commentator coming as
they do from members not only resi-
dent in Richmond. but elsewhere, give
us great encouragement and manifest
continued interest in our work.
Appreciation Pleascs
We have been especially pleased
at the appreciation of what we have
accomplished as manifested by com
munications from friends Unidentified
with organizations doing similar work.
Mr.. William Sumner Appleton of Bos-
ton. a member of the Society for the
Preservation of New England Anti
quities, in writing to ask for the loan
OF our half tone cut OF the John Mar
shall House. Is very warm in his ex-
preston OF interest in what We are
doing and was good enough TO mani
TEST that interest by publication in
the bulletin of the society of an in
teresting article in which generous
mention was made OF the gift by the
city of Richmond of the John Mar
shall House to us. 1t is interesting
to know that the annual dues OF the
New England society are five dollars.
MIR. Appleton wondered how We could
succeed on only one dollar annual
dues. The answer IL. In numbers
there is strength
The librarian of the Congressi onal
Library at Washington adds addition
recognition of the historic usefulness
OF our society by writing that he has
n complete Ale of our year books
which he regards as very valuable.
Nashville Branch
The virginians who compose our
Nashville branch keep up their re-
GUAR meetings. At their last annual
meeting in February most interest
ing paper was READ on Virginia and
Tennessee by Mr.. W. T.. Beard. In
July the branch held a meeting at
Iceland Farm. the country home OF
the directress. Mrs. William Hume.
1t was an all day affair. business of
the society being interpreted with
musical numbers, and delightful
luncheon, and in the afternoon inter-
esting addresses by NJ. Il. Toney who
spoke on the women of the South.
besides addresses and speeches by Mr..
Robert Hopkins, Mrs. Simpson Walker,
and the whole concluded with dane
ing the Virginia reel
Reports of these meetings are
always an inspiration to us. and de-
serve as they receive. our hearty con-
CALCULATIONS.
The Fredericksburg branch be-
sides caring for the Mary Washing
ron House and the Rising SaH Tavern
is arranging to place seven historic
tablets which have been presented by
the warded of the city. The branch
will provide for the payment of the
bronze lettering on the tablets and 1t
10 hoped that two or three of these
will be in place by the spring. The
time will he selected for proper cere-
monies incident to the unwilling of
these tablets.
The Colonial Capital branch in
Williamsburg has raised the money
for the tablet NO. II. OF the william
and Mary Alumni and 1t has already
been placed in the hall of the college.
Old Powder Horn.
THE powder magazine, or powder
horn a. 1t Is best known, which was
. the nrst purchase made by the asso-
citation Ia under the care of this
branch. In this building unique COL
lection of relics has been gathered
and historic memorial windows have
been placed. The magazine was built
oy governor SPottsWoou III ifl4. 1T
may be interesting to recall the fact
that the act OF Lord Dunsmore on the
day after tho battle Of Lexington in
removing the powder stored in this
building aroused Virginia to armed
resistance. The old landmark Is octa-
gonal in form. about forty feet in
diameter with massive brick walls and
steep pointed roof. After the Re-
volution II was used for time as a
market place. then as a house of wor-
ship. after which It was for two years
used as q hall for a dancing school,
served again Al an arsenal in the War
Between the States. After this the
property was sold to a man who made
use Of It as stable. 1t was finally
purchased by the Association for the
Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities
Miss Lottie G. Garrett, the directress
Of the branch, was besieged by the
promoters Of the recent land boom In
Williamsburg to rent the powder horn
for once purposes and for permission
to ,erect tents on the lawn, Offering
fancy prices for such uses. but all Of
these offers were declined. as was q
tentative offer to your president of
$4,000 for its purchase.
An appeal was made to us during
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