IN those exploits which made Paul Jones famous, French sailors were his comrades in arms. In the long and bloody war which gave us national life, France was our generous ally. Charly Bonaparte. BY THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTITUTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY, May 10th, 13th and June 15th, 1783. ITS PRINCIPLES ARE IMMUTABLE. "Interest in the lives, characters, and exploits of our ancestors forms no small part of the sentiment of "Patriotism. "It is natural, generous and unselfish." Selected by HETH LORTON, Secretary the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA THROUGH the gray vista of years we behold noble women making homes in spite of uncertainty, suffering, and death. They rocked the cradle of the nation; they helped to build a glorious country. Their courage, their gentleness and their tenderness grow with the years. To perpetuate the memory of their virtues and to preserve the highest ideals, the National Society of Colonial Dames was formed. May the members of this Society always maintain That courtesy which gives no pain; That heroism which faints not; That charity which suffereth long and is kind; emulating the virtues of their Colonial Mothers, and transmitting the highest aspirations to their daughters! Hathing Cabell Cox Richmond. President-General Colonial Dames of America. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE'S to the daughters of the American Revolution, Who teach these principles to children of our land: LUCY CLAIR ATKINSON, Regent Old Dominion Chapter, Richmond. |