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WISCONSIN SOCIETY
OF THE
Sons of the American Revolution.
OFFICERS-1890-1897.
President.
Willliam Wolcott Strong, - Kenosha.
First Vice-President.
Uranus O. B. Wingate, -
- Milwaukee.
Second Vice-President.
George H. Noyes,
Milwaukee.
Secretary.
Wyman Kneeland Flint, -
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- Milwaukee.
Treasurer.
Milwaukee.
William Ward Wight,
Milwaukee.
Historian.
Frank Taylor Terry,
Milwaukee.
Chaplain.
The Right Rev. G. Mott Williams,
Marquette, Michigan.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
The Officers of the Society, ex officiis, and the following:
William Chester Swain,
- Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
Jonathan F. Peirce,
Ellis B. Usher, -
- La Crosse.
J. W. P. Lombard, -
Milwaukee.
Allen P. Lovejoy,
- Janesville.
Harold G. Underwood,
Milwaukee.
Society.
Oliver Clyde Fuller,
Registrar.
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OFFICERS-1890-1896.
Presidents.
1890-1895 Don J. Whittemore,
1895-1896 William C. Swain,
1896- William W. Strong,
Milwaukee. Milwaukee. Kenosha.
Vice-Presidents.
1890-1892 James D. Butler,
Madison.
1891-1892 Alexander L. Collins,
Neenah.
First Vice-President.
1892- Uranus O. B. Wingate,
- Milwaukee.
Second Vice-Presidents.
1892-1896 Alexander L. Collins, - Neenah. Milwaukee.
1896- George H. Noyes,
Secretaries.
1890-1891 Charles King,
Milwaukee. North Lake.
1891-1895 Byron H. Kilbourne, -
1895- Wyman K. Flint, -
- Milwaukee.
Treasurers.
1890-1895 Paul D. Carpenter,
Milwaukee.
1895- Oliver C. Fuller, -
- Milwaukee.
Registrar.
1 890- William W. Wight,
Milwaukee.
Historian.
1891- Frank T. Terry, -
- Milwaukee.
Chaplain.
1891- The Right Rev. G. Mott Williams, Milwaukee, and Marquette, Michigan.
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Managers.
1890-1894 William C. Swain,
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- Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
1890-1892 Uranus O. B. Wingate,
- Milwaukee. Sparta.
1891-1894
Charles King,
- Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
1892-1894
Charles J. Hustis,
1892-1896
J. McClellan Bell,
Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
1894-1896
Frank W. Montgomery,
1894-1896 Theodore K. Birkhaeuser, -
Milwaukee Milwaukee.
1894-1895
Oliver C. Fuller,
1894-1896 William H. Clark,
Milwaukee. Kenosha.
1895-1896 William W. Strong,
1895-1896 John G. Flint, -
- Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
1896-
William C. Swain,
1896-
Jonathan F. Peirce,
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Milwaukee.
1896-
Ellis B. Usher,
La Crosse.
1896- John W. P. Lombard,
- Milwaukee.
1896-
Allen P. Lovejoy, -
- Janesville.
1896-
Harold G. Underwood, -
Milwaukee.
1890-1894 Joseph H. Burnell,
1890-1894 George W. Root, -
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History of the Wisconsin Society,
On December 27, 1889, Governor Hoard, at the request of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, appointed a committee of Wisconsin gentlemen to organize a branch of that Society in this state. Among the persons appointed five only, Allen P. Lovejoy, Chandler P. Chapman, James D. Butler, Charles King and William W. Wight, became members of the Society, and of these the two last named alone were present at the organizing meeting. This was held at the Plankinton House, Milwaukee, January 14, 1890. On February 25, 1890, a permanent organization was effected, a constitution adopted and officers elected to serve until the annual meeting. This meeting was decided to be held on May 29, the date of the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the American Union, and this is the date of the annual meeting in each year. The original permanent members of the Society who filed their applications at this meeting, and who, unless deceased or dis- missed to branch Societies, are still members, were and are Don J. Whittemore, Charles King, Uranus O. B. Wingate, Joseph H. Burnell, Paul D. Carpenter, John B. Vliet, Frank W. Mont- gomery, William W. Wight, William C. Swain, William H. Munn, Bradley G. Schley and Frank T. Terry, of Milwaukee, George W. Root, of Sparta, Henry C. Van Vechten and Edward Burbeck, of Racine, Byron H. Kilbourne, of North Lake, James D. Butler, of Madison, Alexander L. Collins, of Neenah, and the Right Rev. Gershom M. Williams, of Marquette, Michigan.
Prior to the annual meeting of 1891, the Wisconsin Society printed its Constitution and By-Laws and a roster of its officers and members. No book of the Society has since been printed until this present Year-Book. On June 25, 1891, the head- quarters of the Society were permanently fixed at Milwaukee.
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The meetings which, however, were but few in number and scantily attended, were held at the Plankinton House until the annual meeting in 1894. Upon that occasion, and continuously since, the Society has met at the Hotel Pfister, On May 29, 1894, the Daughters of the American Revolution were the guests of this Society. Papers were read by the Historian upon the subject The Admission of Wisconsin into the Union, and by the Reg- istrar upon the subject Ruth Slocum, a Woman of the Revolution. A joint meeting with the Daughters was held on Washington's birthday, 1895, at which Miss Josephine Hustis and the Registrar of this Society read papers.
At the annual meeting in 1895 special efforts were made to encourage the celebration of Flag Day, June 14, with satisfac- tory results. At the same meeting it was decided to accept the suggestion of the Daughters looking to a joint annual celebra- tion of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on October 19. The first celebration on October 19, 1895, at the Athenaeum, was a success both in a social and literary way. Colonel Turner, of the Illinois Society, read a paper pertinent to the occasion, and Judge Collins, of Neenah, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier, gave interesting reminiscences. During 1896 a prize essay contest was conducted, confined to the members of the class of 1896, in the Wisconsin High Schools, upon the sub- ject : The Causes and Events which Led to the War of the American Revolution. The prize, $25 in gold, was awarded Miss Eva Robinson, of Waukesha.
At the annual meeting in 1896, a banquet was held at the Hotel Pfister, at which Henry S. Boutell, of the Illinois Society, and members of the Wisconsin Society, delivered addresses, and the Historian read brief biographies of the deceased mem- bers of this Society.
The statistics of the Wisconsin Society are as follows :
Last consecutive number used, 109.
Member who has been dismissed to another Society, Frank W. Montgomery, 12, dismissed to New York.
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Members who have died and whose biographies appear in this Year-Book: Henry I. Bliss, 82, La Crosse ; John A. Dutcher, 39, Milwaukee ; John Jay Elmendorf, 61, Kenosha ; John G. Flint, 43, Milwaukee ; Bradley G. Schley, 18, Mil- waukee, and William H. Scott, 35, Neenah.
Persons accepted as members at the annual meeting in 1890. 2I Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1891. .. I Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1892 O Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1893 2
Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1894. 9
Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1895 8 Persons accepted as members at and prior to annual meeting in 1896. 40
Persons accepted as members since annual meeting in 1896. 24
105
Persons who applied and received numbers, but whose applications were rejected from inadequacy of proof or are still pending (25, 33, 71, 96) 4
109
Of the 105 members, six have died, one has been dismissed to another Society and two have been dropped, making the net membership as the Year Book goes to press, in December, 1896, 96.
Constitution and By-Laws,
CONSTITUTION,
ARTICLE I.
The name of the Society shall be THE WISCONSIN SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes of the Society are, to keep alive among our- selves and our descendants the patriotic spirit of the men who, in military, naval or civil service, by their acts or counsel, achieved American Independence; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution ; and to promote social intercourse and good feeling among its members now and hereafter.
ARTICLE III.
Any person shall be eligible to membership in the Society who is above the age of twenty-one (21) years, who is a resident of Wisconsin, and who is descended from an ancestor who, either as a military or naval officer, soldier, sailor, or as an official or recognized subordinate in the service of any of the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the National Govern- ment representing or composed of those Colonies or States, assisted in establishing American Independence during the War of the Revolution.
ARTICLE IV.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, two Vice- Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar, a Historian and a Board of Managers, consisting of those officers ex officiis,
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and six other members. The Delegates to the Council, as pro- vided by the National Constitution, shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the officers,
ARTICLE V.
This Constitution shall be altered, amended or repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Society present at a regular meeting, or at a special meeting called for the pur- pose of such alteration, amendment or repeal, five days notice in writing having been given of such meeting.
BY LAWS.
ARTICLE I.
SECTION I. The Society shall hold its annual meeting on the 29th day of May, the anniversary of the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union, at which time the election of officers shall take place. If said date fall upon Sunday, then the meeting will be held on the following day. The Board of Managers shall fix the place and the hour at which such meeting shall take place.
SEC. 2. Special meetings of the Society may be held at the call of the President, or may be called by the Secretary at the written request of five members of the Society. The Secretary shall notify each member of the Society of such meeting, and shall specify in the notice the object of such meeting, and no other business may be transacted except that for which the meeting may be called.
SEC. 3. At all meetings of the Society, ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE II.
The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and Board of Directors. He shall be ex officio Chairman of the Board of Managers and a member of all committees. He shall
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preserve order and decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. He shall perform all such other duties as are performed by the same officer in other similar organ- izations.
ARTICLE III.
The First Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President in the absence, or in the event of the disability, of that officer. In the absence of the President and the First Vice- President these duties shall be performed by the Second Vice- President. In the absence of all of these officers, a chairman pro tempore may be chosen to preside by the members present at the meeting.
ARTICLE IV.
The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society. He shall notify all members of their election, and of such other matters as may be directed by the Board of Man- agers. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorpor- ation, By-Laws and records of the Society. He shall notify all members of the Society and Board of Managers of all meetings and shall attend the same. He shall keep a fair and accurate record of all proceedings at the meetings of the Society and the Board of Managers, and shall give notice to the several offi- cers of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties.
ARTICLE V.
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society, which shall be deposited in some bank or savings institution in this State to the credit of THE WISCONSIN SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as he may be ordered by the Society or the Board of Managers. He shall keep a true and accurate account of his receipts and expenditures, and at the annual meeting he shall render to the Society a report of the same, when a committee shall be ap-
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pointed to audit his accounts. He shall furnish a statement of the financial condition of the Society to the Board of Managers at any time when so directed by the board.
ARTICLE VI.
The Registrar shall keep a roll of the members, and in his ยท hands shall be lodged all proofs of membership qualification, and all historical and genealogical papers, manuscript or other, of which the Society may become possessed, and he shall, under the direction of the Board of Managers, for adequate compensation, make copies of such similar documents as the owners thereof may be unwilling to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. Such Registrar, if practicable, shall be a member of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
ARTICLE VII.
The Historian shall record from time to time a history of the transactions of the Society. He shall collect the data of, and record the acts of interest performed by, the ancestors of the members of the Society, and preserve the same until such time as the Society may determine upon their publication.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Board of Managers shall consist of thirteen members- namely, the President, the two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Registrar, the Historian, ex officiis, and the remaining six elected by ballot at the annual meeting as herein- before provided for the election of the officers of the Society.
They shall judge of the qualifications of the candidates for admission to the Society, and elect the same. They shall recommend plans for promoting the objects of the Society, shall digest and prepare business, and shall authorize the dis- bursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of current expenses of the Society. They shall generally superintend the interests of the Society, and execute all such duties as may be committed to them by the Society.
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ARTICLE IX.
At the annual meeting there shall be elected in addition to the general officers as hereinbefore provided the following : A Chaplain, whose duty it shall be to open with prayer all meet- ings of the Society when he is present ; an Entertainment Committee of three members, who shall make the necessary arrangements for the social parts of all meetings, and shall have charge of the annual or other banquets of the Society ; a Delegate-at-Large, together with one Delegate for every one hundred members and one for each fifty or fraction of fifty or over, who shall represent this Society at the General Council of the National Society. One Alternate Delegate for each regular Delegate shall also be chosen at the same time.
ARTICLE X.
The Board of Managers shall hold regular meetings on the second Wednesday in each month, except during July, August and September, and may hold special meetings at any time upon the call of the President. Six members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE XI. .
At all meetings of the Board of Managers the following shall be the
ORDER OF BUSINESS :
I. Roll call of members.
2. Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.
3. Reports of committees.
4. Report of Registrar and balloting on applications of candidates.
5. Unfinished business.
6. New business.
7. Adjournment.
ARTICLE XII.
Members shall be elected in the following manner : Candi- dates shall fill out in duplicate the application blank, which are
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furnished by the Society, certifying to the truth of the state- ments therein contained, before a civil officer empowered to take acknowledgments, and forward the same, with the initia- tion fee and dues, to the Secretary of the Society. The Secre- tary shall deliver them to the Registrar, who will report to the Board of Managers as to the eligibility of the applicant, and if the report is favorable the Board will ballot upon the applica- tion. If the ballot is favorable to the application, the Secretary will then forward the papers to the Registrar General of the Society, and upon a favorable report re- ceived from that officer the Secretary shall then notify the ap- plicant of his election. . Should the candidate's application be rejected, the Secretary shall notify him to that effect and return his fee and dues which he may have paid. No application shall be considered a second time until after the lapse of six months from the date of its rejection.
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ARTICLE XIII.
The initiation fee shall be one dollar ($1.00) and the annual dues two dollars ($2.00), payable in advance, and the payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) at any one time shall entitle the member to a life membership, and a life member shall be exempted from the payment of annual dues. Failure to pay the initiation fee or dues for the period of sixty days after notice is sent, shall work a forfeiture of membership when so declared by the Board of Managers.
ARTICLE XIV.
A member may be suspended or expelled from the Society, as per Article XIII, or for such cause as the Board of Managers may elect. Provided, however, that no member shall be ex- pelled or suspended until he has been given an opportunity to present his defense.
ARTICLE XV.
The seal of this Society shall be of the same design as that of the General Society, with the addition of the words " Wis- consin Society, Organized February 25, 1890."
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ARTICLE XVI.
The insignia of the Society shall be that adopted by the General Society, and may be obtained from the Secretary. This insignia is to be worn at all meetings of the Society upon the left breast of the wearer; it may be also worn by officers or pri- vates of the Regular Army or of the National Guard upon all occasions of ceremony. The officers of the Society may wear their insignia suspended by the proper ribbon around the neck.
The button or rosette which may be worn in the lapel of the coat is of blue and white silk, and may be obtained from the Secretary upon payment of twenty-five cents each.
The price of the certificate of membership is one dollar, and may be obtained upon payment of this amount to the Secretary.
ARTICLE XVII.
At all meetings of the Society the following shall be the
ORDER OF BUSINESS :
I. Call to order by the President.
2. Prayer by the Chaplain.
3. Roll call of members.
4. Reading the minutes.
5, Report of the Secretary.
6. Report of the Board of Managers.
7. Report of the Treasurer.
8. Report of the Registrar.
9. Report of the Historian.
IO. Election of officers.
II. Report of special committees.
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13. New business.
14. Adjournment.
ARTICLE XVIII.
These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a majority vote of the Board of Managers at any meeting of the Board after notice of the proposed change is given in writing at a pre- vious meeting of the Board of Managers.
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NATIONAL SOCIETY
OF THE
Sons of the American Revolution
OFFICERS.
President General.
Horace Porter, LL.D.,
15 Broad St., New York.
Col Thes. M. Anderson 1
Edwin S. Barica, Concord, Mass.
John Whitehead, - Morristown, N. J.
Wm. Ridgeley Griffith, Baltimore, Md.
Wm. Wirt Henry -
- Richmond, Va.
Secretary General.
Franklin Murphy, 143 Chestnut St., Newark, N. J.
Treasurer General.
C. W. Haskins, -
30 Broad St., New York.
Registrar General. A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Historian General.
Henry Hall, New York Tribune, New York.
Chaplain General. Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Chicago, Ill.
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THE GENERAL BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.
Horace Porter, LL. D., President General, New York. Col. Thomas M. Anderson, Vice-President General,
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Edwin S. Barrett, Vice-President General, - Concord, Mass. John Whitehead, Vice-President General, - Morristown, N. J. Wm. Ridgeley Griffith, Vice-President General, Baltimore, Md. Wm. Wirt Henry, Vice-President General, - Richmond, Va.
Franklin Murphy, Secretary General, Newark, N. J.
C. W. Haskins, Treasurer General, New York.
A. Howard Clark, Registrar General, - Washington, D. C. Henry Hall, Historian General, New York. Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Chaplain General,
Chicago, Ill. S. W. Williams, President Arkansas Society, Little Rock, Ark. Joseph F. Johnson, President Alabama Society,
Birmingham, Ala. E. W. Mckinstry, President California Society, San Francisco, Cal. Jonathan Trumbull, President Connecticut Society, Norwich, Conn.
Leonard E. Wales, President Delaware Society, Wilmington, Del. Dr. G. Brown Goode, President District of Columbia Society, Washington, D. C. Lieut. J. H. Bull, U. S. N., President Florida Society, Pensacola, Fla. Peter Cushman Jones, President Hawaiian Society, Honolulu. Henry S. Boutell, President Illinois Society, - Chicago, Ill. Seneca B. Brown, President Indiana Society, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Alfred W. Swalm, President Iowa Society, - Oskaloosa, Ia. George D. Hale, President Kansas Society, Topeka, Kan. Capt. Lewis Buckner, President Kentucky Society,
Louisville, Ky.
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Edgar H. Farrar, President Louisiana Society,
New Orleans, La. Edward A. Butler, President Maine Society, - Rockland, Me. E. S. Barrett, President Massachusetts Society, Concord, Mass. Col. William R. Griffith, President Maryland Society,
Baltimore, Md.
Henry B. Ledyard, President Michigan Society, Detroit, Mich. S. J. R. McMillan, President Minnesota Society, St. Paul, Minn. George E. Layton, President Missouri Society, St. Louis, Mo. Decius S. Wade, President Montana Society, Helena, Mont. William H. Alexander, President Nebraska Society,
Omaha, Neb.
William W. Bailey, President New Hampshire Society, Nashua, N. H. John Whitehead, President New Jersey Society, Morristown, N. J. Chauncey M. Depew, President New York Society, New York City.
John F. Follett, President Ohio Society, Cincinnati, O. Col. T. M. Anderson, President Oregon Society, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Col. William A. Herron, President Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburg, Pa. William Maxwell Greene, President Rhode Island Society, Providence, R. I.
Rev. D. C. Kelley, President Tennessee Society, Nashville, Tenn. Nat. M. Brigham, President Utah Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniel W. Robinson, President Vermont Society, Burlington, Vt. William Wirt Henry, President Virginia Society, Richmond, Va. Col. S. W. Scott, President Washington Society, Seattle, Wash. Robert White, President West Virginia Society, Wheeling, W. Va. William Chester Swain, President Wisconsin Society, Milwaukee, Wis.
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COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.
The Executive Committee.
Horace Porter, LL.D., 15 Broad St., New York. A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Henry Hall, - Tribune Building, New York.
John Winfield Scott, -
214 Broadway, New York.
E. S. Greeley,
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5 Dey St., New York.
John Whitehead, Morristown, N. J. -
Franklin Murphy, - 143 Chestnut St., Newark, N. J.
The Committee on Organization.
Henry Hall, Tribune Office, New York. Gen. A. W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer, Washington, D. C.
Dr. G. Brown Goode, - Washington, D. C.
John Winfield Scott, 214 Broadway, New York.
E. J. Hill, Norwalk, Conn.
The Press Committee.
Henry Hall, Tribune Office, New York.
John Winfield Scott,
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214 Broadway, New York.
Past Presidents General.
LUCIUS P. DEMING, of Connecticut.
Elected at the Congress held in New York City, April 30, 1889.
DR. WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB, of Vermont.
Elected at the Congress held in Louisville, April 30, 1890, and re-elected at the Congress held in Hartford, April 30, 1891.
Honorary Past Presidents General.
COL. A. S. HUBBARD, Past President California Society.
Made Honorary Past President General by unanimous vote of the Congress held in Louisville, April 30, 1891. GEN. ALBERT M. WINN, Past President California Society.
Made Honorary Past President General by vote of the Con- gress held in New York City, April 30, 1892.
Constitution and By-Laws
OF THE
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
CONSTITUTION,
ARTICLE I .- NAME,
The name of this Society shall be "THE SONS OF THE AMER- ICAN REVOLUTION."
ARTICLE II .- OBJECTS.
The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the mem- ory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the gov- ernment founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical re- search in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to cele- brate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of our Country and the in- junctions of Washington in his farewell address to the Ameri- can people.
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