1500 Delegates Attend DAR Continental Congress Session
The 33rd Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened in Memorial Continental Hall with over 1,500 delegates and 2,307 members registered. Highlights included Mrs George Maynal Minor’s introduction as honorary president, plans for a Pilgrim Mothers Memorial Fountain, Natalia Satle Lincoln's DAR magazine update, and a debate over flag etiquette and the no-color policy during meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwiy
Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Committee
Memorial Continental Hall
George Maynal Minor
Anthony Wayne Cook
Minor
Reagoing
Atée
Flags and DAR proceedings mix in 1920s tone
The article reviews flag etiquette directives for the United States and details a DAR gathering. It notes rules on display and usage, upcoming nominations for vice presidents general, a likely ticket, and potential officers including chaplain general. It also reports on Mrs. Morris’s Yorktown preservation efforts and Congress expectations.
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United States
Mra
James T. Morris
Yorktown
D A R Program Schedule at White House Reception
The D A R program lists a morning session at 10 o'clock with pages escorting the President General, followed by congress in session and committee reports on topics from International Relations to patriotic education. A lunch recess precedes afternoon sessions with continued reports, musical numbers, and a 4:50 reception by the President and Mrs Coolidge at the White House.
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Anna Lang
Oregon
Paul Duane Kitz
Missouri
Adar Denmead
Maryland
Elizabeth & B. Manges
New York
Logan & Gailentine
Tennessee
Franklin C. Cain
South
Caroline
Walter Ambrose Robinson
Alabama
T . Spence
Wisconsin
Amy Guibert
Towa
Jean W. Coltrane
North Carolina
E. Boone
Kentucky
Edith Scott Magna
Massachusetts
Hoval Smith
Arizona
T. W. McClintock
Oklahoma
Elis
Island
Congress
White House
Coolidge
Robert Lansing
Frederick
Frisbee
Carolene F. Smith
United States Congress
James T. Begg
Philippine Scholarship Endowment Fund
Robert J. Reed
John Laidlaw Buel
Samuel HT Davis
Children and Sons of the Republic
Charles F. Baturick
Alice Louise bicDuffee
Better Films
L. Grant Baldwin
Euis Island
Alfred J. Broeseau
Llahn
Rogers
Phe
Spress
Florence Sinder Addrass
War Mathers
Delegates From Sixteen States Attend Alabama Meeting
Pennsylvania grants Mrs Cook a large flag as twenty eight women travel from California to attend Congress. Delegates gather at the Willard and Continental Hall for social sessions, lunches, and reports. New York leads with 250-plus attendees. resolutions applaud national defense and citizen military training camps.
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California
New York State
Willard
Charles White Nash
John W. Griffiths
Pauline H. Wilson
Ruth Barber
John Miller’ Horton
Buffalo
William Cumming Story
Pershing
John W. Yanger
Henry G Manger
Wasen
Charles W. Fairchild
Pennsylvania
New York
Anthony Wayne Cook
Cook
Continental Hall
Brookville
J. B MeKnight
John Brown Herron
Oklahoms
H. H. McClintock
BE. D. Howard
Representative Howard
Garber
Representative Garber
Delaware
Mise Elaner Eugenia Todd
Nebraska
D A R Delegations Endorse State Regent for VP General
The largest room in the new administration building hosted a Wisconsin State meeting with Mrs Ralph H Hess as State Regent. Delegations from Arkansas Connecticut Vermont and New Jersey described membership growth and education efforts while honoring honorary president general Mrs George Maynard Miner and Mrs Edith Scott Magna among others.
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Emilie Henning
Alahama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Cube
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Ilnois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Hio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Venneylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
George Maynard Miner
Minor
Charles Humphrey Bissell
John Laidlaw Buel
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Sarah Pollard
President Coolidge
Vermont
Horace Farnham
Continental Memorial Hall
Edith Scott Magna
Magna
Col. Scott
D A. R
Isabel Wyman Gordon
Charles Reed Banks
State Regent
State sovereignty essential to union, president asserts
Executive speech at memorial honors Arizona, lauds a united future. Monument stone unveiling in Washington accompanies the address. President emphasizes that state sovereignty remains vital to the nation and the federation's strength. Arizona figures highlighted, with political and civic leaders present.
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Union
Memorial
Washington Monument
Coolidge
Arizona
Angona
Hilda Fletcher
Jamestone
Soherr
America
Hoval
A. Smith
George W. P. Hunt
Ralph H. Cameron
Dorothy Packard Parker
Col
C. O. Sherrill
John C.crockett
Senate
Anthony Wayne Cook
The
National Society
D A. R
Carl Hayden
Thomas E. Campbell
United States Marine Band
D A R Notes at White House Reception and Mount Vernon Plans
D A R cards issued for White House reception in honor of the society. Michigan regents, delegates, and officers meet state chairmen of Children and Sons of the Republic. Mount Vernon pilgrimage plans finalized. Arizona memorial stone ceremony described with speakers and attendees.
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Kate Walter Barrett
Mount Vernon
Virginia Room
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