Evening star., 1932-04-22
DISTRICT D. A. RS
WORK IS DESCRIBED
Miss Helen Harmon, Regent,
Submits Annual Report
of Activities.

The section In Constitution Hall as
signed TO the District Of Columbia dele
cation to the forty first annual Conti- |
mental Congress was well filled last eve
.aing when Miss Helen Harmon State
regent Of the District gave her annual
report Miss Harmon gave interesting
details Of the work of the more than
5000 members of the society in Wash |
ington during the past year. A leading |
feature Of the year was the eighteenth |
joint celebration of George Washing |
tons birthday by the Daughters of the |
American Revolution, Sons of the /
American Revolution, Sons of the Revo- |
luton and Children of the American |
Revolution, which took place February |
~ at the Washington Monument. Miss |
Harmon presided, and after short |
program wveaths were placed at the |
base Of the Monument by the societies f!
The District of Columbia has IA |
active chapters of the Children of the |
American Revolution. Capt. Joseph |
Emery Society was presented with a !
beautiful silk flag by Capt. Molly |
Pitcher Chapter, D. A. r. Dominic Doll |
Society received the Stars and Stripes |
as a gift from the Katharine Mont
gomery Chapter, D. A. r. Gov. |
Thomas Wells Society was presented |
with flag by individual members of |
the Daughters Of the American Revo- |
luton.
Assist Unemployed.
In September the Committee on Con- !
servstion and Thrift of the District |
assisted in canning foods for the un-
employed, when 308 quarts Of fruits |
and vegetables were preserved Twenty
I'VE red oak, willow and elm trees
dedicated to the memory of George |
Washington we're planted in Potomac |
Park as background for the japanese |
cherry trees and were placed under |
the supervision Of the Public Parks |
Commission. In all, 2,S01 trees have |
been planted by the District Daughters. |
An exterior column of Constitution |
Hall costing $1,000, was taken in honor |
Of Miss Harmon, and an urn, at the cost |
Of $500. in honor OF Mrs. Harry Col |,
fax Grove.
The Better Films Committee of |
Washington has purchased the film, |
George Washington-His Life and |
Times" which is the only authentic mo- !
tion picture made Of his life, Miss Har- |
mon reported. AS this film was pur- |
chased from chapter contributions, it |
will be available for use at chapter
meetings and for State committees |
without charge.
Total gifts to Constitution Hall by |
93459 individual gifts including a Ii
brary table given by Mrs Zimmele in |
honor of her mother, through the |
Mary Washington Chapter; two leather
doors given in honor Of Mrs. David D.
Caldwell, by the Dorothy Hancock
Chapter, and cluster Of lights in honor
of Miss Harmon, given by Mrs. Marshall
B. Clarke through Martha Washington
Chapter.
Exactly TOO flag codes and as posters
have been distributed by the Committee
have been presented to Troop 81, Girl
Scouts, and Troops 81 and Sc, Boy
Scouts
Three distinct phases of D. A. r.
library work were undertaken this year,
Miss Harmon said They included the
procurement of books and bookplate
and preparation of photography of writ
ings of American history, genealogy and
photography.
Each year the District of Columbia
Daughters of the American Revolution |
award gold medal to a student in the
departments of government or educa- |
ton of George Washington University |
writing the best essay on American |
history of the period between 1774-178s.
The medal this year was won by Miss
Maude Hudson.
H.,
Memorial Continental Hall, have been
carefully listed and repairs made up
to date.
Building Fund Enlarged.
The chapter house corporation added
$2.5o7.20 to the building fund this year,
and the District Daughters hope to
have club house soon. Total receipts
for the members Of the District for two
years are $27,21005.
Miss Harmon also told of the splen-
did work accomplished in other lines of
D. A. r. work by the district members,
ana bringing her report to a close |
thanked the national officers and Ma
tional Committee heads for their CO.
operation.
The Virginia Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution are in the process of |
raising a fund to replace the wood |
work in historic Gadsby's Tavern at |
Alexandria, Va, Mrs. Nathaniel Beau |
man said, in giving her report as State
regent Of Virginia. II is the hope of !
the Virginia Daughters to give com |
plete report of restoration by the next |
Congress. Gadsby's Tavern was most |
Intimately connected with the affairs /
OF George Washington. Valuable re-
search work was done by Virginia |
Daughters in connection with the |
Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration |
This work will be printed and indexed |
shortly. In addition to Bicentennial |
work, the members of the society from
Virginia have done their quota Of con-
servation and thrift work and work has
progressed in legislation in the United |
States Congress, in patriotic education |
and In the preservation of historic spots. |
The interest in national defense has
been universal.