Evening star., 1932-04-17
SESSIONS OF CAR.
REPRESENT 1900
Washington Tributes Feature
Thirty-Seventh Annual Con-
vention Opening.

Delegates from every State, repre-
senting the $4,000 Children of the
American Revolution, will attend the
opening OF the thirty-seventh annual
convention OF that patriotic organiza-
ton tomorrow, morning in the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art, where the six
days sessions will be held. Mrs.
Samuel Shaw Arentz of Nevada.
national president. will preside over
the hundreds of young people, ranging
in age from 4 to 81 years. who viii
take advantage of the Bicentennial
year TO pay special homage to the
memory of George Washington and
other Revolutionary heroes.
The sessions of the Children of the
American Revolution will duplicate in
miniature the colorful proceedings in
which many of their mothers and rel
ativeS viii participate during the
Continental Congress of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution. They
will have their own professions OF
pages and color bearers. their own
social functions and reports of patri-
otto work covered during the past year
of service.
State flags from New Hampshire.
South Dakota and Mississippi, it was
announced, will be presented to ma
tional headquarters. Besides the reg
ular sessions. several pilgrimages to
historic spots nave been planned The
outstanding trip will be a visit, on Fri
day. to Wakefield where the house in
which Washington was born has been
/ reconstructed on its old foundations.
/ This trip will include visits to Fred
ericksburg said to be the most historic
/ town IN the United States, including
Paul Jones home. Kenmore, Mary Ball
| Washington's home and her tomb.
Capitol Visit Thursday.
The Capitol will be visited on Thurs
day and the children will listen in on
sessions of both the House and the
Senate. Both the Vice President and
the Speaker will receive them in their
own offices. At the Congressional
Library the interest will center around
the original copies of the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution
which are there in their wonderful
cases with gold leaf frames.
Washington's Tomb will be visited by
/ boat so the children may be impressed
/ by the tolling of bells, which is the
+ custom of all vessels going down the
/ Potomac when they pass Mount
Vernon.
They will go to Alexandria, Va 10
/ see the monument they themselves pro-
/ vided for the grave of the Unknown
/ Soldier of the Revolution when it was
/ discovered several years ago.
/ Mrs. Hoover will receive them We'd
nesday at the White House, and Mrs.
/ Edward Everett Gam, as their guest
| of honor, will greet them at recep-
ton and dance at the Congressional
/ Club.
/ While the main purpose Of the con-
vention is to report progress of the
! State societies and confer on methods
/ of improvement" said Mrs. Arentz to-
/ day, lit is quite as important that
| the children visit the Nations historic
( shrines to acquire knowledge and gain
/ inspiration. Anything touching the life
| Of Washington cannot fail to interest
/ them. They have furnished a room in
/ the restored house at Wakefield Sew
eral pieces Of furniture of that period.
] suitable for a childs bed room, were
/ secured by them. Every detail at
Mount Vernon captures their attention.
While the older ones are carefully ex-
amining swords and spinets, the small
est ones are usually racing up to the
third floor to see the little hole in
the door where Martha Washington's
cat came in.
Gathering at Tree.
Each year they gather around the
tree that the society planted SO years
ago, and part of the ceremony is to
| listen to Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard, the last living child born at
Mount Vernon, tell the story of Wash
ingtons youth. The very inception of
| the society is from a statement of
Washington. as he greeted a group Of
children during the Revolution, We
3 he hKy NlaR Epz- I9zk, t.r.
| field Of battle, that is the chance Of
war, but here is an army that can never
be conquered -
On the governing board are two
members of the Washington family,
Mrs. Howard and Mrs. John Kerr Sew
eral Of the smallest children have fire.
quently acted as pages in colonial
costumes.
A colonial play and pageant will be
on the program Wednesday evening
and on Friday a program will be broad
cast from Mount Vernon Hills, Va,
when it is expected the members from
all over the country Will listen in.
National officers are Mrs. Samuel
Shaw Arentz. president; vice president
presiding, Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard; recording secretary, Mrs.
Frank Ray; treasurer, mrs. Thaddeus
Jones; registrar, Mrs. w. Gwynn Gardi-
ner, nprarlan- curator. Mrs. Charles
Groves; chaplain, Mrs. Percy M. Bailey;
national vice presidents, Mrs. Violet
Blair Janin, Mrs, Larz Anderson. Mrs.
Robinson DoWney, Mrs. Lawrence
Quirollo, Miss Dorinda Rogers, Mrs.
Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Frederick MemgeS,
Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry, Mrs. Rose
Mulcare, Mrs. John A Maxwell; the
national corresponding secretary is Miss
Aimee Powell; organizing secretary,
Mrs. Theodore Clay Uhler. The honor
ary presidents are Mrs. Frank Mondell,
Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel and Mrs.
Percy Quin. The honorary vice presi-
dents are Mrs. Horace Towner, Miss
Margaret LothrOp and Miss Anne