Evening star., 1923-11-21
SEEK TO PRESERVE
SULGRAvE MANOR
Colonial Danes Ask $780,
600 Endowment for Home of
Washington's Ancestors.

! A drive for 100000 to create an
endowment fund for the preservation
of Sulgrave Manor, the home of
George Washington's ancestors in
! England, is being conducted by the
Society of Colonial Danes of America
j! The effort to raise this sum is being
undertaken by the chapters of the
society in the various cities through
out the country, and is under the di-
rection of each state society and a
central committee.
| Sulgrave Manor is at the east end
of the picturesque village of Sulgrave,
and is just cross-country run from
the birthplace of William Shake
| speara. Stratford on Avon.
The manor house formed a part of
the priory of St. Andrews. which was
dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII
along with other religious houses,
and first became the property of the
Washington family in 1888.
Letter Explains Purpose In View.
| The following letter to The Star
| from Violet Blair Janin. president of
| the National Society of Colonial
\
explains the purpose of the endow-
ment fund;
| May / make plea to the columns
I of-Sour paper for contributions to
the endowment fund for the Sulgrave
| Manor. the ancestral home of George
Washington's family in England?
| The National Society of Colonial
! Danes in America has assumed the
responsibility of raising 100000 to
be established as an endowment
| fund. the income of which will be
used for the physical care and up
keep of the old Washington home.
The society is w, working king With with the he
other organizations interested in
| Sulgrave. Tho money given by
Americans through the Society of CO.
| onial Danes will contribute an en-
.TcIy independent and a permanent
| All money given for the fund will go
| toward creating the endowment.
Home n GIFT to American People.
The ancestral home of the Wash
| ingtor family was purchased in 1914
| and presented to the American
! and women in celebration of the Tooth
| anniversary of the signing of the
| treaty of Ghent. which marked 100
| years of peace between English
speaking nations.
| The house became the possession
by right of purchase in 1899 of Law
| renee Washington. a lineal ancestor
| of George Washington. and remained
| in the possession of the family until
|! 1910; John Washington, George
Washington's great-grandfather, was
born in this house and came to
America in 1855. settling on tract
of land on the Potomac, a part of
which later became known az Mount
Vernon. Modern defacemenfs have
been removed and Sulgrave Manor
has been restored to what it was
during the period Of possession by
| tho Washington family.
Danes Of America began in 1914 to
contribute toward the restoration of
the manor. but was interrupted by the
world war. 1t has now determined
to raise funds necessary for the up
keep of the manor. relieving the Eng
ligh committee which has maintained
| 1T since its purchase. The object of
the Colonial Danes is both to honor
George Washington and to perpetuate
| a spirit of good will and helpfulness
among peoples of one language and
through them all mankind.
The name of every donor of one
dollar or more will be enrolled in a
volume to be preserved at Sulgrave
Please make checks payable to the
National Society Of Colonial Danes
! of. America. care of Miss Agnes Peter.
chairman, Grace Dodge Hotel, WASH
ington. ID. c.
The expenses of the collection will
be borne by the national society, of
which Mrs. Joseph Lamar Of Atlanta,
wife Of former Justice Lamar of the
United States Supreme Court, is presi-
dent. The central committee in
charge of the endowment campaign
| includes Mrs. John Lowell, Chestnut
Hill, Mass: Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchin-
| son, Philadelphia. Pa; Mrs. Gilmer
| Sneed Adams, Louisville. KY; Mrs.
Edward Shoemaker. Baltimore. Md:
Mrs. John F. Bransfotd, Augusta, Ga:
:. Mrs Holmes Forsyth. Chicago. Ill:
! Mrs George J. Schleicher. Cuero.
( Tex; Robert ]. Johnston, Humboldt.
! Iowa. and Miss Margaret Foster, San
| Rafael, Calf.