Register Of The Society Of The Sons Of The Revolution In The District Of Columbia 1904 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Society of the Sons of the Revolution: In the District of Columbia The Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia sends greeting to its affiliating Societies and wishes for each and every member long life and prosperity: In accordance with the recommendation in the Constitution, this Society reports that during the past year its condition has been most prosperous. It has doubled its membership and has made a beginning in the fulfilment of what it conceives to be its mission. We celebrated the last birthday of Washington by a banquet, and last May we carried our friends to Mount Vernon and commemorated the league of friendship and perpetual union between the Colonies which our forefathers formed at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. We shall soon issue a volume of hitherto unpublished letters of the men of the Revolution, and will thus add new material for the history of Revolutionary times. By these and similar efforts this Society thinks that it best subserves its purposes. According to its understanding, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution rests upon a broad basis, and has a work of patriotism to perform. This work, it believes, is to be accomplished by measures which tend to rouse patriotic ardor in the breasts of the people. The Society is not to be a benefit to its members alone, but to the American public generally. Since the Revolution our country has seen three wars, and the last of these was so stupendous that it has obliterated in some degree the memory of our first war. Moreover, our fertile soil has attracted to it many persons of foreign birth and traditions. It is our task to counteract this foreign influence by reviving and keeping before the country traditions that are purely American, and none are so competent to perform this duty as ourselves, the Sons of the Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.