The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Owners Are Giving Some
Property; Congress Is
| Asked to Buy Rest.
|OFFER COMES AS
GREAT SURPRISE
Historic. Spot to Be Con-
yerted Into Patriot
Shrine.

the battle Of Yorktown was fought
will be converted into a great ma
tionaI shrine, comparable to Mount
Vernon and other hallowed spots,
following the action taken yester-
day morning by the Daughters of
the American Revolution on the an
niversary of the battle of Lexington.
This stotied spot. now inacces-
sible save to the most persevering
tourist. will be acquired by the D.
\. R. and preserved as a national
park. to which piISrimages may be
made by patriots from every Sec
tion of the country.
A committee to make the ar
rangements was appointed by Mrs.
George Maynard Minor. president
general, at the session yesterday
morning.
Oner by Mrs. Buell..
4 large section of the property
will be Ceded by the owners, and
Congress will be asked to acquire
what remains. The offer. made by
Mrs John L. Buell., State regent of
Connecticut, in behalf of Mrs. Harry
A. Smith. who stood beside her on
the platform, and other owners of
property at Yorktown. CAM as a
complete surprise. A report had
just been made by Mrs. James T.
Morris. chairman of the committee
on preservation of historic spots.
trying the society to ask Congress
to purchase the property for the
lnited states government.
The offer made by the Yorktown
property owners. which included a
proposition made in the name of
Capt George A. Blow, was received
with such enthusiasm by the Con-
ScesS that the rules were suspended
In order to empower the president
general to appoint a committee TO
confer with the donors and to re-
ceive the gift
The morning session began with
an invocation BY the Rev James
L. Freeman. ID. D., followed by
reading of the minutes by Mrs.
Charles Francis Gawgcr, OF New
York. recording secretary general.
Routine business held the conven-
ticn all morning. the committee on
credentials passing on more than
1000 delegates. while the commit
'5c on resolutions. Of which Mrs.
Henry B. Joy is chairman. was
whipping various measures into
shape
ResoIution Is Attacked.
The FIRST recommendation of the
resolutions committee brought an
attack from Mrs \. G. Draper, OF
the District of Columbia. who, OBJ
jected to the granting OF an in
creased charge for furnishing rec
ords. Mrs. Draper asked that it
be referred back to the committee
for reconsideration. and repbrt
against the increase.
Miss Janet Richards of this city
opposed the motion to recommit;
and on a viva voce vote il was lost.
In the discussion II developed
that the cost of typing papers had
increased during the last year be-
cause of high clerk hire.
The committee recommendations
was finally approved.
No less than nifty Real DauEh-
ters. whose fathers fought in the
Revolution. are receiving pensions
from the d. A. r. it was reported
by Mrs. J. Morgan Smith. chairman
of the committee on Real Daugh-
ters.,
The report read by Mrs. George
Maynard Miner on the Plymouth
Pilgrim Memorial. and the painting
TO be presented by the Society TO
the French government as part OF
the United States Government War
Memorial in Paris was read and
accepted.
Urge Old Trails Bill.
Quick passage ot the bill by which
Congress would create an old trails
highway was urged in the report of
Mrs William II. Talbot chairman
Of the National Old Trails Poad
committee. Mrs. Talbot told Of the
progress already made in marking
the trail and asked delegates to in
terviev their Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress in order to
get speedy action of the bill. Her
resolution asking passage at this
session of the act known as the d.
A. r. Old Trails Bill was referred to
the resolutions committee
Uniform regulations in all States
prohibiting desecration of the nag
was asked by Miss Annie Wallace,
chairman Of the committee on cor
rect use OF the flag. who deplored
the fact that flag dissertation is not
penalized in every State in the
Union.
The hope that a substantial fund
for the proposed new ONCE building
annex to Memorial Continental Hall
would be reported at the next Con-
Eress was expressed by Mrs. willard
T. Block. chairman of the liquida-
tion and endowment fund commit
tee. Mrs. William C. Boyle, chair
man OF the committee on insignia,
made the report.
The report of the Philippine schol-
arship fund committee was read by
Miss Kite, in the absence of the
chairman. Mrs. Caroline z. New.
Holt. The report of the committee
on reciprocity was hled in the ab-
sence of the chairman, Mrs VIII
ford G. Chapman.
Among resolutions adopted was
one endorsing the plan of the
American Legion to. sell ARTIFICIAL
poppies made by French widows
and orphans and another protest.
ing against the Walsh bill for dam
ming Yellowstone Lake for power
purposes. A motion that the or
SaniZation endorse the Sheppard
Towner maternity bill was referred
to the resolutions committee with
out action.
The resolutions committee re-
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