Evening star., 1928-04-01
c. A. R. CONVENTION
WILL OPEN APRIL Il.
More Than $50 Children
From All Parts of Country
Expected to Attend.

More than $50 children from all
parts of the country are expected to
attend the annual convention of the
National Society Children Of the Ameri-
can Revolution, which will convene April
II In the Red Cross auditorium and
continue throughout the week. end1ng
Saturday with services at the sarcopn-
agi of George and Martha washington
at Mount Vernon.
The convention is to be held In con-
junction with the annual national as
sembly of the Daughters OF the Amerl-
ran Revolution. The g, A. r.. Is oin-
cered and directed by members OF tne
n A, r.. being In the nature OF COM
bined iinior branch Of the ID. A. H. ana
the S. A. r..
ments already has been chosen ano
definite plans have been formulated
both for entertainment and the neces-
sarv business matters OF the conVenIlon.
Tuesday morning at the opening
meeting Mrs. Alfred j. BroSseau. press
dcnt general Of the d. A. r., ana Ernest
f. Rogers, president general ol t,n -. .te
A r will extend their greetings 10 tne
Youthful delegates and Mrs. josiah "A.
Van Orsdel. national president OF tne
society. will deliver an address. MusiC
is to be furnished by the United ota'eS
Marine Band Orchestra
Program for Afternoon.
In the afternoon there will be reports
bv the national officers and the State
directors who have charge OF the iocal
adr,inIstration a. of the society In eacn
of the "a States. Will G. Barnes. as
sistant forester, United states Forest
service. is to give an illustrated tax 10
the children on the life OF forest
ranger that evening.
All "wednesday and Thursday Will De
given over to regular business meetings
In these sessions the children VIII nave
little part. a..
little delegates with their parents ana
crown-up officers, will journey to Alex
andria where services will be held az
the grave of the Unknown Soldler Oh
the Revolution, whose resting place was
discovered recently in the old PreSoy-
terian churchyard Maj. Gen. Amos a.
Fries chief of the Chemical warfare
service, is to deliver the address. Tne
ceremony will be concluded with the
placing of a wreath on the TOMB.
During the services Saturday at the
graves of George and Martha Washing-
ton Mrs Eleanor S. w. Howard. great
preat-rrandniece of Gen. Washington
and national presiding vice president OF
|. the society. will tell the story OF WASH
| incton's boyhood. Mrs. Van Orsdei also
| will address the children.
Convention Committees.
| The convention committees are COM
posed of the following women: Pro-
gram. Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel and
| Mrs. Frank s. Ray; credentials and
badges. Miss Aimee e. Powell. MRS
| Thaddeus M Jones, Mrs. John M. Kerr
and Mrs. John A. Maxwell: puoHcity'
Mrs. Charles S. Groves, Mrs. Georgia
Knox Berry, Mrs, Amos A. Fries, MRS.
Percy M Bailey and Mrs. Samuei ~
| Fitzpatrick; pilgrimages to Mount YER
non. Mrs. Eleanor S. w. Howard. MIS-
| Violet r, .Janin. Mrs. Rose NJ. Mulcare,
| Mrs John M. Kerr and Mrs. Carl II
| Giroux: pilgrimage TO the Tomb or the
Unknown Revolutionary Soldier. Mrs
Prank S. Ray and Mrs. Fred T. Dubois;
evening party. Mrs. Georgia Knox
| Berry. Mrs. Frank w Mondell, Mrs
| Robinson Downey. Mrs. Percy M
Bailey. Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs. Law
renee Fl. Quirollo and Mrs. Tneodore
| C. uhler: magazine Miss Dorinda Rog-
| ers and Mrs Frederick w Menges, ano
District of Columbia hospitality. Mrs
r. e. Claughton.
The National Society. Children of
the American Revolution. was organ
tied SO years ago by Mrs. Harriet M
Lothrop in Concord. Mass. From one
chapter in that city, called the "old
North Bridge Society,"" 1t has spread
throughout the country and today num-
bers more than $4,000 children on Its
rolls,
The purpose of the formation OF the
| organization was primarily To foster pa.
| triotic ideals among the children ol
| America. Besides this. however the So
ciety Ia engaged In many charitable en-
| terprises. The children contribute to tne
upkeep of the Ellis Island kindergarten
maintain three scholarships to the To-
massee Industrial School In South Car.
| ollna, and contribute to the Wakefield
| fund for the erection of proper marx
/ ing of Washington's birthplace and &C
| the Harritt M. Lothrop Memorial Build.
| ing fund for a national headquarters OF
| their organization In this city. as well
as take part In local welfare work In
| their various cities.
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