Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-20
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/ MARKER UNVEILED
D. A. R. Ceremonies at Monu-
ment Erected at Bethesda
Honor Pioneer Mothers.

mothers.
A large crowd attended the exercises.
National officers Of the D. A. r., officers
! Of the Maryland regency officials Of
prominent residents participated.
Mrs. John Trigg Moss, chairman of
! the National Old Trails committee Of
| the d. A. r., delivered the dedicatory
address and Harry s. New, former.
| Postmaster General, now resident OF
| Bethesda, accepted the monument on
| behalf of the citizens. Mrs. Robert A.
WEIGH, State regent of Maryland, pre-
sided at the ceremonies, which marked
! the elimination Of work started IL
years ago.
Road Extends from Coast to Coast.
The National Old Trails road now ex-
| tends from coast to coast, gathering in
! one great highway hundreds of name
| trails famous In the Nations progress
Westward The highway was conceived
| by the D. A. r. organization as fitting
way to preserve the identity of the many
trails, and in each of the IL States the
road traverses the society has erected a
marker setting forth the significance OF
| the historic spot. All the markers are
| dedicated to the memory Of the pioneer
women who followed their men in the
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ritory.
The marker unveiled in Bethesda was
| erected on q plot decided to the society
| by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckernan.
| Fashioned out OF Algonite stone by A.
! Ieimbach of st. Louis, 1t depicts a
| pioneer woman with infant in arms and
a young child clutching at her long,
| heavy dress. The head, covered by the
bonnet worn in her day, is erect: the
| left foot extended and in the right hand
a heavy cane assists her progress.
ut is of peculiar interest" said Mrs.
Moss in presenting the monument to
the town of Bethesda, Ito recall today
| that in the State of Maryland, where
our trail is now completed, the first
road law was passed in 1866, and the
| first mail route was established in
| 1895"
Work Of Maryland Daughters.
Mrs. Moss recalled that the Mary
land Daughters have been interested
| in their l72 miles of the Old National
road for many years and began marking
| the trails about 10 years ago. Past
records mention Mrs. Morris Croxall
as your first chairman, whose zeal and
constant efforts were rewarded by in
| terested cooperation from all chap
ters," she said.
your own Mrs. w. H. Talbot of
| Rockville, was an interested member
of this committee from the beginning
one Of the pioneers-and it was while
| she was serving as vice chairman under
| the leadership of Mrs. Henry McCleary
that the fund to mark the road was
established. Mrs. Talbot served as ma
| tional chairman of this committee for
| six years, and her untiring efforts kept
| fha frtorocf o1fxyo i,tri,aop
l wish to pay Mrs. Talbot this tribute
| today.
Il find the following names men
toned in the records of the past: Mrs.
Herbert M. Gait, Mrs. F. H. Markell,
Mrs. Albert A. Doub, Mrs. Enoch John
son and Mrs. Samuel Tubman. All
have contributed time and effort in the
past in the interest of memorializing
these sacred old paths.
Numerous monuments and markers
have been erected, but today We are
dedicating our long dreamed-of memo
rial to our mothers of the past, We
| are at last paying tribute to the silent
| and patient 'Madonnas of the Trail
brave IN their sacrifice, loyal to their
men, following them trustfully, carrying
the coming race in their arms"
Mrs. Johnson Welcomes Throng.
Participants In the exercises were well
| coined to Bethesda by Mrs. johnson,
whom Mrs. Moss mentioned, and DR..
Benjamin Perry, chairman of the Mont
gomery County commissioners. Mrs. AL
fred j. BroSseau, retiring president gen.
eral OF the national society, was pre-
Sented to the audience by Mrs. Daniel
Mershon Garrison, and Mr.. Tuckerman
formally presented the deed to the plot
to Mrs. Moss, who announced it would
be turned over to Mrs. Brosseau. to be
placed in the archives of the society.
Development Of the Old Trails road
was described by Judge Harry S. Tru-
man, president of the National Old
Trails Road Association, which was
formed In 1912 to cooperate with the
society In making the ARRANGEMENTS
with the Federal Government and the
several States for linking the numerous
trails and securing pavement.
Mrs. Franklin G. GetZendanner, re-
gent Of the Col. Tench Tilghman Chap
ter, d. A. r., accepted the monument
on behalf of the Daughters of Mont
gomery County, and Miss Florence D.
White of Bethesda placed a wreath on
the monument Immediately it was I'M
yelled by Mrs. William H. Talbot.
Patriotic Exercises Held.
Patriotic exercises preceded the I'M
yelling, William Tyler Page, clerk of the
United States House Of Representatives,
led In a recitation of the Americans
Greed, of which he is the author, and
the audience sang, Maryland, MY
Maryland" the 1st Tank Group Bank
accompanying. Officers Of the d. A. r.,
representing the - States linked by
the highway, accompanied by pages
bearing their State flags, then sur
rounded the monument Assisting Mrs.
Talbot in removing the covering were
little E. Windsod Offutt, jr, and M
Wilson Offutt, Sd, descendants of
pioneer fathers.
A. group of prominent Bethesda resi-
dents composed a committee on
hospitality for the ceremonies. Mrs.
George G. Bradley was Chairman.
Members were: Mrs. Richard C. Cum
bingham, Mrs. M. Wilson Offutt, Mrs.
William Brown, Miss Virginia Crawley,
Mrs. Henry c. Classic, Mrs. Ernest
Billiard, Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson,
Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman, Mrs. S. H. Miller, Mrs.
w. B. N. Brooks, Mrs. George E.
Pariseau, Mrs. Edward l.. Stock, Mrs,
Benjamin q. Potter, Mrs. Alvin Barber
Mrs. Oliver owen Kuhn, Mrs. Frank
McMillin, Mrs. William M. Gamble,
Mrs. Jane Allies, Miss Mona Gill, Mrs
William j. Montgomery, Mrs. William
w. Bride, Mrs. Clarence p. Parker, Mrs.
Roy Mcmillan, Mrs. william Balcom,
Mrs. John G. Newell and Mrs. Ford e.
Young.
The finance and erection committee
| for the monument was composed of
s. H. Miller, Mrs. Peter Decker and
Mr.. Tuckerman.
Georgian Peasants Rebel.