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The Washington State Society perfected
its organization in 1895. Largely through the efforts of
Colonel, now General, Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A., and
for many years Vice President-General of the National
Society, there was organized in the city of Portland,
Ore., June 6, 1891, the Oregon and Washington Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution, with about twenty
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The first chapter in Washington was
organized in Spokane by Colonel J. Kennedy Stout and
others February 1, 1894, and on September 25, 1894, at
the suggestion of Compatriot Arthur S. Gibbs, of
Seattle, the organization of Seattle Chapter No. 2 was
perfected, while Alexander Hamilton Chapter No. 3 was
formed at Tacoma, October 9, 1895, by Compatriots Arthur
Newton Thompson and Benjamin L. Harvey.
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With the organization of these chapters
it was deemed wise to perfect the formation of a State
Society, and a meeting was called for that purpose at
Seattle on June 25, 1895, to which about twenty-five
members responded, and at which time plans were
perfected, constitution and by-laws prepared, and
application made to the National Society for charter and
recognition, which being granted, thirty-one members of
the old Oregon and Washington Society were demitted to
the new society and the charter list closed September 7,
1895, with fifty-nine compatriots.
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February 19, 2007 - George
Washington Memorial Celebration at the University of
Washington's Kane Hall, Room 130 beginning at 0930.
Sponsored by the Greater Seattle DAR Regent's Council, this
annual event consists of a program followed by the placing of
wreaths by patriotic organizations at the base of the George
Washington stature located on the Commons. Free parking is
available in the underground lot off 15th Ave. |
Our purpose is to protect our precious
heritage.
Our objectives are:
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patriotic, historical and educational and include those
intended to perpetuate the memory of those who, by their
service or sacrifices during the war of the American
Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people |
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to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants |
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to inspire them and the community at large reverence for
the principles of the government founded by our forefathers |
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to encourage historical research in the relation to the
American Revolution |
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to acquire and preserve the records of individual
services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents,
relics, and landmarks |
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to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate
materials |
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to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events
of the war and of the Revolutionary period |
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to foster true patriotism |
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to maintain and extend the institutions of American
freedom, and to carry out the purposes expressed in the
preamble of the Constitution of our country and the
injunctions of General George Washington in his farewell
address to the American people. |
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