Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-24
SULGRAVE MANOR
| BECOMES SHRINE
OF AMERICANS
Purpose of Institution Is
Emphasized by English
mems Visit.
ANCESTRY OF WASHINGTON
NOT CLEARLY ESTABLISHED
Little Known of Family Beyond
1888, When Lawrence Wash
ington Bought Manor.
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| Tho tercentennry celebration Of the
landing of tho Pilgrims at Plymouth,
which opened August 20. has been In
special 2roEress In Maasachusetts
activities have included ceiebra-
| ton I'm Virginia, commemorative tho
meeting OF the first Legislative as
sembly In America at jamestown In
| ton Of this big event took place In
| Richmcnd last year. very elaborate
| program In connection with tho Ply
mouth celebration was planned and
carried out In Virginia the frat week
In October. a party OF noted Eng
iishmen. representing in particular
the Sulgrave Institution In England.
was brought to Virginia.
The party was ACCOMPANIED by
many distinguished Americans. Nor
| folk was chosen as headquarters.
though excursions were made to
! jamestown, Yorktown. Williamsburg.
tied distinguished Viryinians made
addresses. emphasizing the import,
| ginia's English antecedents and con-
| nections, apprcclativc responses in
many instances being made by the
the talk and enthusiasm of these oc-
casions one would havo expected much
| TO be said about Washington and the
Sulgrnve Institution. established pre-
standing tie in Washington. whom
Englishmen themselves have called
that great Englishman who was also
| IL great American"
However, not much scems to have
been said ut these recent celebrations
about SulErave Manor. the home of
the Washingtons which should be-
come great memorial OF the quick
ening of sympathy and cooperation
| between the two English-speaking
" ha
war. Quotations, however, concerning
| the English connection OF Washing
ton and the shrine at Sulsrave which
Gndn, d, has set up; have been ise-
coming often from those In authority
whom one might expect to be In
| formed. 1t Is interesting to try to an
! swer some OF these questions. and to
mako clear few matters pertaining
TO tho WashinEtons. but recently
brought before the general puolic.
Before the world war tho home OF
Washingt ancestors in Northamp
| ton OF a century of peace between
America and England. but tho funds
necessary to restore. equip and main
tain this historic link with the past
American friendship we're necessarily
diverted to other channels. After the
signing OF the armistice the project
was revived. viscount Bryce. that
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has :most flttingly pointed out tho
spccial claim this spot has on
Americas interest and affections. He
says:
| Older Than Raidxh.
Our American friends do not al
ways remember. and their school,
books certainly have failed to i'm
press 1t upon them, that the history
with the Declaration OF Independence.
nor with Sir Walter Raleigh, nor with
the Maynowcr. but began centuries
earlier. in the years when the char
ing nodded, and when the founda-
,ions were being laid for those free
Institutions which one part of the
people carried across the Atlantic.
continent" Continuing. he adds:
| "Sulgrave Manor. the ancestral
home Of the washingtons, is a visible
monument TO remind them OF this
better realize the scenes amid which
tho forefathcrs OF the old colonies In
virginia and New England dwelt and
worked. already praeticing the, viz
OF both branches Of the stock In
these Northamptonshire fields they
VIII feel themselves at home, and
| realize that the traditions and in
s,itutions OF Old England are part OF
| their heritage"
At the close OF the great war, when
Inc sons OF these two nations had
stood side by side in the cause OF the
worids freedom, there seemed to
come into being, all over England. A
new significance In the movement to
| complete the scheme to make Sui
| grave Manor 4 meeting place and n
museum; The spiritual alliance be
tween England and America became
manifest in this physical shape. BY
means OF this manifestation IL was
hoped that Englishmen and Ameri-
| cans would come to understand each
other as members OF one family
England proposed the task as one in
the main Tor herself; the King headed