Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-12
COME TO BURLINGTON
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
General Council of Societies of
Colonial Wars to Have Bust.
ness Session, Boatride and
Banquet on Saturday with
Members of Vermont Society

The annual meeting Of the General
Council Of the Societies Of Colonial Wars
In the United States, the first meeting Of
the council ever held in Vermont, will
take place in this city next Saturday.
Speakers of national reputation will ad-
dress the council. Deputy Governor Gen.
eral W. B. c. Stckney of Rutland will
give the address of welcome for the Ver-
mont society The national governor gem
eral. William w. Ladd of New York city,
will speak on THE Purposes of Our So
ciety.' The Growth of Our Society" will
be the subject of a talk by the honorary
governor general, Rowland Pell of New
York city. who financed the restoration of
old Fort Ticonderoga. Vice-Governor Cen
ernor General John L. Merrill of East
Orange, y. j.. will deliver a speech, rs
the Patriotic Society Worth While?" The
speeches Of the visiting governors will be
answered by members of kindred societies
of the State Of Vermont. For the Ma
tional Society of Colonial Danes. Mrs. j.
Holmes jackson will respond, Mrs. H. r.
Watkins, State regent for the Daughters
Of the American Revolution. Walter H.
Crockett, secretary for the Sons of the
American Revolution, Mrs. Charles H.
Reade, president for the United States
Daughters of 1872
After the business meeting Of the coun-
Gil, which will take place in the rooms
of the society on College street, there
will be boatride for the visiting COVER
nors, members and friends from Ave to
eight o'clock on the Ticonderoga. follow
ed by banquet at the Hotel Vermont.
All members of the societies who intend
to be present at the dinner should COM
ia wifi
of the committee on arrangements
The Society of Colonial Wars in YER
mont, a State branch of the national or
ganization, was instituted to perpetuate
the memory of those events and of the
men who in military, naval and civil
positions of high trust and responsibility,
by their acts or counsel. assisted in the
establishment defense and preservation
of the American colonies. With this end
in view it seeks to collect and preserve
manuscripts, rolls, relics and records, to
provide suitable commentators or
memorials relating to the American
colonial period. and to inspire in its menu
bers the patriotic spirit of their fore
fathers.
There are q State societies, the COVER
nors of which constitute the general
council or executive committee of the
national organization. The council was
| coming to Vermont three years ago but
was prevented because of the war
H. S. Howard Of this city is the governor
Of the State society; Harvey R. Kingsley
Of Rutland. lieutenant-governor; Byron
n. Clark, secretary; c. l.. Woodbury.,
treasurer; NJ c. Weber. chancellor. and
Dr. E. T. Brown, surgeon. In Vermont
at the present time there are eighty
members. The greatest membership at
any time was limited to about $50 mem
bers. Membership is obtained by those
who can prove their lneal descent from
an ancestor who took some part in the
colonial wars
Every year the State society issues a
bulletin regarding articles of interest con-
corning the colonial times. The names
of the members. their ancestors and their
records are published by the society.