Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
D. A. R. CHAPTERS, SONS
PLAN PAGEANT FLOAT
Will Depict the Surrender of
COrnwallis at York
town.
DESIGN is ny or"ro MODELLED,
Commonwealth Chapter sends Dele
Ention to Continental tonErcs.
which Opens Tomorrow Morning
In Warrington.


In Warrington.
~ joint meeting OF the Common
wealth and William Byrd Chapter oi
the Daughters Of the American Rcvo.
luton. tho Sons OF the American Rev
olutton. and the Sons Of the Rcvo.
luton, plans were perfected for the
noa, /" he prepared by the three
organizations. The subject is Tho
Surrender Of CORVALLIS at York
town and viii he arranged accord
Ing TO tho elaborate design made bv
Otto Moeilcr.
The Commonwealth Chapter of the
n. \. - has sent Il large delegation
TO the Continental Congress OF tho
II. y. r.. which opens tomorrow
morning in Washington. and con
tinucs throughout the week Mrs.
William j. Payne. will 20 as regent.
with Mrs. Warner Moore as her dele
gate. and as altcrnatcs. Mrs William
Hugh Nelson. Mrs. w. I. Porter and
Miss Adele cor!iug. Mrs. BENJAMIN
l.. Purcell will attend as an cx-na-
tional officer. Miss ouimhy. as regent.
Will represent the William Byrd
Chapter. The Virginia delegation
have arranged banquet TO be given
during the week in Washington. 10
which they have invited among other
distinguished guests. Lady Nancy
AStor.
Mrs. Payne. regent of the Common
wealth Chapter. has just received an
"A "a Fy.. -
rrt,, State regent saying
Invited to he Guests
am writing TO ask YOU and your
delegates to be my guests on SUNDAY.
April 90. from . o'clock \ NJ till
church time At night. | want to take
the delegation 10 lvakota for lunch
con. We Will return about 3 o'clock
and the ladies can rest at my home.
Then we Will have dinner together
and those who desire TO can attend
the services NJ Christ Church at
night
There follows here tho remainder OF
Mrs. rurccll's vory able sketch Of the
commonwealth Chapter. which could
not be published last week:
We have placed in our room N
Continental HAN. u portrait; OF pat
rick Henry with 4 certified auto
graph. and also "a beautiful pair of
candelabra. given by Mrs Warner
Moore. We presented to The hail a
handsome SILK flag, which was given
TO us for that purpose by our be-
loved Governor Henry Carter stuart
In addition. We have made a present
OF chair to the tea room ON tho
balcony of the hall. known as the
Presidents Balcony. in honor of Mrs.
Guernsey.
Phys Liberty bond Quota.
We paid our quota for Liberty
bonds. and have given flags TO three
schools and a ease of books 10 tn.
John Marshall High school. as we'll
as distributed numhcrlcss copies OF
the Americans Creed. Upon two &C.
'asions We have been present ana
taken active part in the ceremony
OF tho admission of new citizens TO
our country. We have placed Il tab.
let to mark the site Of tho frs, Can
!tol building. ana monument, TO
mark the Three Chopc Road which
was the tran blazcd by Lafayette
when he came down from Charlottcs-
vile on his way to Yorktown. In
these last jwo works ". had tn.
aid OF the city and county authorities.
our latest act was the prcscntR-
ton Of silver loving cup Ia Marshal
F"ch. This VAS not entirely our y!ft.
'"' Nv '"'" n'!E1hh'cH with us. and
was carried on, hy us. with the co.
operation OF the other patriotic So
Ci"t!es
!nomas Nelson Page said that II
tho u. y. r. set their hand TO an,'
work, no matter how great. that
there was no power on earth that
could stop them. And what he sail
was true. In rounding out this sec
ond decade of our existence. We have
much OF which 10 be Justly proud
!iut II is only IA beginning. There
is 50 much to he done that If we Will
each feel Il sense of personal RESPONSE
billy for the doing. there is no limit
to what we may accomplish"