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DAYTON DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. We are in receipt of the Calendar of the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dayton, Ohio. The pro- gram of the chapter for this centennial year is so admirable that it de- serves notice and imitation by other chapters. Beginning with its March meeting and running through to its annual meeting in January, 1904, it has arranged a series of topics pertinent to the Ohio year. The subjects for the chapter's study include: "Antiquities of Ohio:" Serpent and other Mounds, Ancient and other Forts, etc.-"The Indian;" Logan, Tecumseh, Ogontz, the Prophet, Cornstalk -"The Battle of Upper San- dusky;" the Only Battle of the American Revolution fought within the present limits of the State of Ohio (June 4, 1782) - "Wayne's Expedi- tion against the Indians;" (1793-4)--"The Anglo-Saxons;" Characteris- tics of the first settlers; Conditions leading to the admission of Ohio as a state;--"Memorial Day," with special remembrance of Revolutionary soldiers interred at Dayton Cemetery (May 30) -"Flag Day;" Ohio in War; The War of 1812; War with Mexico; War with Spain (June 14) - "Ohio in the White House;" Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley. Meetings are also devoted to Laws of Ohio affecting women and chil- dren. The cover of the calendar is embellished with a neat design by the Regent of the Chapter, Mrs. David Gebhart. Beneath the Union Shield and the mottoes E pluribus unum and Imperium in imperio are respectfully the olive branch as the National symbol and a branch of the Buckeye tree with seventeen leaves, indicating Ohio as the seventeenth state. The Dayton Daughters are to be commended for their patriotism, national and state. We occasionally receive letters from D. A. R. Chap- ters, asking for suggestions as to subjects. Surely no more fascinating nor profitable topics for study could be chosen than those pertaining to the early history of Ohio. The events transpiring in the territory subsequently organized into Ohio, are as romantic and important as the collateral ones occurring in the New England Colonies and indeed the pre-state history of Ohio is closely connected with the national evolution that led to the formation and secure establishment of the Union. Another good work of the Dayton Daughters was the offering of prizes to members of the Junior Class, Steele High School (Dayton) for the best essays on (329) |
330 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
"Wayne's Expedition against the
Indians." The awards were made to
Irma Shupe, Robert Cowden and Wilbur
Conover as first, second and
third respectively. The one by Miss
Shupe was published in the Dayton
Daily Journal of May 5th. It
is a most scholarly and comprehensive ac-
count of that dramatic, dashing campaign
by the intrepid Wayne. No
campaign in early American history is
more thrilling in its character, or
more potent in its results. It was
really the last campaign of the American
Revolution, occurring on Ohio soil, as
the first campaign, that of Dun-
more in 1774, also took place mainly on
Ohio soil. Miss Shupe's narra-
tive has the historic flavor. It could
have hardly been better told in the
same limitation of space. The standard
histories, especially those used in
our schools, are woefully deficient in
the proper recital or even recognition
of the events in the Northwest
preliminary to and cotemporaneous with
the American Revolution. The Daughters
and Sons of the American
Revolution in Ohio can engage in no
better work than the encouragement
of our children to study early Ohio
history.
HOMES OF OHIO GOVERNORS.
The Western Christian Advocate, published
in Cincinnati, in its num-
ber for April 1, last, has an extended
and carefully written article by Mrs.
Mary McArthur Tuttle on the "Homes
of Ohio's Early Governors." Of
the sad fated St. Clair, Mrs. Tuttle
says:
"It is a strange fact that a
log-cabin or house, if so it might be called,
away off in the Alleghany Mountains, 'on
the summit of Chestnut Ridge,'
should have been the final home from
which the gallant St. Clair, Ohio's
Territorial Governor, met his last
enemy, death. There he had gone to
live with a widowed daughter in 1802,
and there he spent the remainder
of his days. In 1813 the Legislature of
Pennsylvania granted him an an-
nuity of $400; but what was four hundred
dollars to his restless, de-
jected mind? Alas, that his claims were
recognized by Congress only a
short time before his death, which
occurred in 1818. A pension of $60
a month, and $2,000 to discharge his
claims, must have sounded like a
wild dream to his worn-out spirit. His
Scotch origin; his University ed-
ucation; his association with the
British Army, when with Wolfe at the
storming of Quebec and elsewhere he had
gained large experience; his
Revolutionary distinction at Trenton and
Princeton; his presidency of
the Continental Congress of 1785; and
his appointment by Congress, in
1787, to the governorship of the
Territory, naturally led Arthur St. Clair
to believe that no such destiny as
abject poverty and death in a lone cabin
in the Alleghanies, when at the age of
eighty-four, would await him. But
as early as 1802-3, he had been named
out in Ohio, 'an irascible old vet-
eran,' a Federalist, an aristocrat - a
man whom the plain people no
longer desired to have rule over
them."
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Mrs .Tuttle is a writer of great merit,
being a lady of unusual cul-
ture and scholarship. Her husband was
the late Prof. Herbert Tuttle, the
distinguished historical writer and
lecturer at Cornell University. With
her husband Mrs. Tuttle spent some years
abroad and became proficient
as a linguist and an artist. She not
only writes in a delightful manner,
but wields the artist's brush, both in
portraiture and landscape, with
equal talent and charm. That she is
deeply interested in Ohio history is
most natural, for she is the
granddaughter of Governor Allen Trimble
and the great-granddaughter of Captain
James Trimble who participated
in the battle of Point Pleasant (1774)
and was a captain in the Revolution-
ary War. Mrs. Tuttle is a resident of
Hillsboro, Ohio, which was the
home of her illustrious grandfather.
FARRAR'S GROUNDHOG SPEECH.
We have been asked for information
concerning Captain Farrar's
famous groundhog oration. In reply we
reprint the following from the
pen of a writer in Cambridge, Ohio, who
contributed the readable account
to a recent daily publication:
Each groundhog day, whether the sun
shines or not, brings back to
the citizens of Cambridge, Ohio the old
story of how "Groundhog" Farrar
got his nickname.
Captain William H. Farrar, at one time a
leading lawyer in Eastern
Ohio, banker, philanthropist and several
times Mayor of Cambridge, was
sent to the Legislature back in the
seventies by the Republicans of Guern-
sey County. He was expected to make his
mark as a law maker, as he
had ability and was an eloquent speaker.
The following incident, what-
ever else he said or did while a member
of the lower House, gave him
newspaper notoriety from one end of the
land to the other:
One of the biennial sessions of the
Buckeye Legislature, somewhere
around 1884-87, was noted for what it
did not do. There seemed to be no
leader of either party, and, in fact,
there seemed to be no laws needed,
few changes in the existing laws and the
members, both of the Senate
and House of Representatives, were equal
to the occasion and loafed most
of the time.
One day, while the members of the House
were sitting around wait-
ing for some one to 'do something' or
move the usual adjournment, Cap-
tain Farrar arose and said:
"Mr. Speaker, I have a resolution
which I wish to offer and I ask as
a personal favor from my colleagues that
I be allowed to make some re-
marks before submitting the
measure."
The voice from old Guernsey was like a
bolt from a clear sky.
Weeks had passed without a set speech on
any subject and the eager-
ness of the members to 'hear something'
and to finally get to vote on a
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measure was expressed by many of them,
and the Speaker himself waived
any objection.
Captain Farrar began by setting forth
the duty of the members of the
body. He told of how each man was
violating the trust put in him by his
own people. He declared that the state
of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Chase, Ewing, Hayes, Tom Corwin and a
hundred other brilliant men was
being made ridiculous by the House of
Representatives, and the people
who sent them to the Statehouse were
disgusted. He then gave a history
of the state in its territorial days;
the settlement at Marietta; the admis-
sion of Ohio to the Union in 1803; the
part the Buckeye State had taken in
national politics and what she had done
in the War of the Rebellion. By
this time he had spoken almost four
hours, and as he sat down he asked
leave to continue the following day.
Members approached him after his long
speech and asked him what
his object was. He only informed them
that he would not discuss his
speech.
The following day found every member in
his seat. The newspapers
had printed long accounts of the
splendid flow of oratory, and this drew
a crowd to the galleries. No one knew
what the Guernsey member had
up his sleeve, but they felt that
something was going to happen. The
Captain arose promptly, and, picking up
his historical talk of the day be-
fore, issued forth such a flow of
oratory as had seldom been heard in the
Capitol. His eloquence caused profound
silence, and there were no in-
terruptions from 'the other side.'
The second day's session was brought to
an end and the members
were as much at sea as on the previous
day. There was eloquence, but
no argument. What was Farrar driving at?
Were the Supreme Court
members to be impeached? Was there treason somewhere? No one
knew. There was no question brought up
which could call forth a denial
from
his opponents. There was a great mystery, and no one could
fathom it.
That night party leaders were summoned
from Cincinnati, from
Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo. A
delegation from Cambridge was hur-
ried to Columbus to find out what was
going to happen. Their repre-
sentative had talked for two days and had
not finished!
The third day found a great crowd in the
Assembly Hall. The Sen-
ate met and immediately adjourned. The
members crowded into the
House. The galleries were packed almost
to suffocation, and Captain Far-
rar arose.
Several long, uninteresting decisions by
the Supreme Court were
read; long lists of prices of coal,
wool, wheat, etc., were read. War stories
were told and sketches were given of
illustrious Americans. Weakened by
the awful strain and so hoarse he could
scarcely speak, he stopped for a
moment, then, taking his bill from his
inside coat pocket, concluded as
follows:
Editorialana. 333
"And now, Mr. Speaker, having
covered the points I think necessary,
I submit, for an immediate vote of the
House, a bill which urges that
Groundhog Day be set back from February
2d to January 2d, so that we
may have an earlier spring."
THE HEROES OF FORT MEIGS.
We cheerfully publish the circular sent
out by the "Wives and Daugh-
ters of the Boys in Blue," to the
soldiers of the United States, and all
others interested, in behalf of the
laudable purpose of purchasing and
preserving the remains of old Fort Meigs
and the graves of the hundreds
of heroes who fell in its memorable
seige. The circular is self-explanatory
and is as follows:
SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES-The Wives
and Daughters of the
Boys in Blue, a band of patriotic women
of the Maumee Valley, are weld-
ing with loving hands a chain, with
which to encircle round about, and
encompass as with a bulwark of safety,
the neglected and unmarked graves
of 825 United States soldiers, who laid down
their lives for the country
which has forgotten them. Every link in
this chain of honor will be a sol-
dier's tribute.
Soldiers, if the history of the valor of
the heroes of Fort Meigs, and
the recital of their wrongs, appeals to
you, and you desire to assist in re-
claiming the historic battlefield, and
in preserving the graves of the sol-
diers from the desecration which
threatens them, send your name and ad-
dress, your regiment and company,
together with 10 cents, to the Society
of the Wives and Daughters of the Boys
in Blue, Perrysburg, Ohio, and
become a member of the Fort Meigs
Protective League.
This membership fee, although small,
will prove to be the nucleus of
a fund which will grow to mammoth
proportions, and eventually result in
the purchase of the fort, and the
erection of a monument to its heroes.
FORT MEIGS: - High above the river, it
stands in solemn loneliness,
although the picturesque city of Maumee
lies but a stone's throw beyond,
the beautiful village of Perrysburg a
mile to the east, and prosperous To-
ledo scarce ten miles away. As far as
the eye can see, in every direc-
tion, over hill, over dale, and along
the winding river's course, reaches out
scenery of unparalleled magnificence,
and from its breezy heights can be
discerned the battlefields of Fallen
Timbers, Fort Miami, and Fort In-
dustry.
Adown the slope, and binding the brow of
the hill, long lines of pit-
iful indentations mark the resting
places of the patient sleepers, patient in
awaiting justice-the justice of honored
recognition, and undisturbed re-
pose. The fort, through pitying nature,
is a gem of beauty in rarest
setting; through inhuman ingratitude,
cupidity, and neglect, it is a spot
over which to mourn.
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THE HEROES OF FORT MEIGS - "On
Fame's eternal camping ground
their silent tents are spread." The
United States soldiers who lie in un-
marked and neglected graves on the
battlefield of Fort Meigs, near Perrys-
burg, Ohio, served under the command of
Gen. William Henry Harri-
son in the War of 1812-13. Many of them
were volunteers from the States
of Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, who, under the sting and
horror of Hull's surrender at Detroit,
and the terrible massacre at the
River Raisin, rushed to the standard,
and farmers, mechanics, clerks,
students of law and medicine, all fell
into line and offered themselves to
the Government to serve under the banner
of the brave Harrison.
"I do solemnly swear that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the
United States of America. That I will
serve them honestly and faith-
fully against all their enemies
whomsoever. That I will obey the orders
of the President of the United States,
and of the officers appointed over
me according to the Rules and Articles
of War. So help me God!"
With this oath of service fresh on their
lips, without an hour's in-
struction in their new duties, they
hurried away to place themselves
across the path of a mighty enemy which
threatened the life of the
Maumee Valley. Truer men never
lived. Braver men never rallied to
the defense of home and country. They
had courage, and fortitude, and
perseverance, beyond power of tongue to
tell, or pen to portray. They left
wives and children, parents and home.
They sundered every tie to march
hundreds of miles in the dead of winter,
through dense and trackless for-
ests, through mud and ice and storm.
They braved the horrors of the
Black Swamp; they forded swollen and icy
streams; they camped on the
snow, and sank exhausted to slumber on
the frozen ground. They awoke
to partake uncomplainingly of a ration
of parched corn washed down with
a draught of swamp water, and still,
with unwavering courage and silent
determination, they pushed onward - ever
onward, to victory, but alas!
for many, to death.
History reveals the heart-rending
sequel; how, decoyed into ambush
by the wily Tecumseh, 650 of the 800 men
under command of the brave
Col. Dudley were surrounded by 2,800
enemies led on by the infamous
and bloodthirsty Proctor, and, under the
very eyes of Gen. Harrison, all
powerless to aid them, and within range
of his guns on the fort, were in-
humanly slaughtered. Subsequent events
proved that this was a victory
for our soldiers, but a victory that was
dearly bought.
THE GOVERNMENT SELLS FORT MEIGS - In
1817, four years after the
battle, and almost before the blood of
the slain had dried on the bosom
of the hillside which had received their
mangled forms, the Government,
all unaware of its terrible act of
ingratitude, sold Fort Meigs - sold Fort
Meigs, with its battlefield, its
fortified grounds, its scenes of valor, and
its soldiers' graves. Brave hearts lay
stilled beneath the turf whose every
beat in life was for home, flag, and
country -but they were sold.
Editorialana. 335
This most lamentable act of ingratitude
and injustice on the part of
the Government, unconsciously and
unknowingly committed, evoked
neither comment nor objection from those
who were cognizant of the
error, and who should have at once
presented the matter to the Govern-
ment in its true light and protested
vigorously against the sacrilege.
Nothing was done, and the years sped on.
The rains of summer and the
snows of winter have fallen on the
lonely graves on the hillside for ninety
years. Inherited indifference still
obtains and those of the heroes whose
graves have escaped the ploughshare
occupy their narrow beds through
toleration only. For them there is no
Memorial Day, neither flowers nor
tears, neither music nor song; but above
them flourishes the fragrant (?)
skunk cabbage and the aromatic
dogfennel, and the hoof-beats of the fes-
tive bovine keep time to the cackle and
squawk of fowls, and the somnolent
grunt of the unwieldy porker, which, in
company with the wily politician,
fattens above their graves.
At the present time Fort Meigs, with its
burial ground, is in imminent
danger of destruction, and were it not
for the timely intervention of Pres-
ident Roosevelt, the fortifications
would have been razed and the graves
ploughed up many months ago. In this
connection, the Society avers, in
a sense of justice, and with the eternal
fitness of according honor to
whom honor is due, that of the 23
presidents who have administered since
the battle of Fort Meigs the present
president alone has investigated the
condition of the soldiers' burial ground
at the fort, expressed stern dis-
approval of the neglect apparent there,
brought the matter to the atten-
tion of the Secretary of War, and caused
those interested to be officially
notified to either render due respect to
their soldier dead, or submit to
the alternative of having the bodies
removed to a national cemetery.
In view of the fact that after nearly a
century of interment, the re-
moval of the 825 soldiers would be well
nigh impossible, and would in-
volve many sad and heart-rending scenes,
the society appeals to the boys
in blue to rally around the lonely graves on the Fort Meigs
hillside, to
the end that their silent tenants may, through
the medium of comrades, be
accorded the right so long denied
them--the right of recognition and
honored repose.
To the soldier, ever responsive to the
call of duty or the cry of dis-
tress, the society comes, in full
confidence that he who endured the hard-
ships and hunger, the want and the
wounds of a harassing campaign, wilt
be in full sympathy with their efforts,
and will not turn coldly from the
silent appeal of the lonely and desolate
graves of the heroes of Fort
Meigs.
Soldiers, the long, dark night of
oblivion which has enveloped the
heroes of Fort Meigs will roll away, and
"joy cometh with the morn-
ing." Over the hills and down the
valley from the fort will soon re-
echo in clarion tones the sentinel call
of "All is well." The soldiers in
the silent tents will heed it not; they
sleep their last sleep; but their mem-
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ory will endure. The myrtle and the ivy
will entwine above their resting
place, and there will children gather to
strew sweet flowers, and place the
laurel wreath.
This appeal to the soldiers of the
United States is wending its
way from Ohio to Maine, from California
to the Gulf. The "Wives and
Daughters of the Boys in Blue"
desire that every United States soldier be
accorded the privilege of contributing
to the fund for the protection of
the graves of the heroes, and thereby of
becoming a member of the Fort
Meigs Protective League, from which all
other than soldiers are barred.
Fifteen thousand dollars only will be
required with which to purchase
and beautify Fort Meigs and erect
thereon a monument to the memory of
the soldier dead; hence the contribution
of each member of the League is
limited to one dollar, and in no
instance will a soldier be accredited with
the donation of a greater amount. The
Fort Meigs Protective League
knows neither rank nor title; the
Commander-in-Chief of the United
States Army, the noble veteran in his
faded coat of blue, the soldier fresh
from the field of battle, from China or
the far-off Philippines, and the
"Drummer Boy of Missionary
Ridge," will all stand shoulder to shoulder,
and, in harmonious endeavor, seek to
accord to the heroes of Fort Meigs
the right which so long has been denied
them--the right of recogni-
tion and honored repose.
Every soldier joining the League will
receive honorable mention in
Toledo's prominent paper, The Toledo
Daily Bee, a copy of which, con-
taining name and contribution, will be
mailed to each address. The
Fort Meigs Reveille, a paper to be published in the interests of the fort,
will contain the names of members of the
League, also the names of the
Wives and Daughters of the Boys in Blue,
who, with the assistance of
soldiers, are endeavoring to "hold
the fort."
When the soldiers of the United States
become cognizant of the neg-
lect and indignities which have ever
been the portion of the men who
fought and died at Fort Meigs - whose
graves are menaced with the ever
present threat of the ploughshare, and
above whose silent forms, with
ceaseless tread, stalks the horrid
spectre of eviction, -when, with awak-
ened sympathies, they respond to the
call of the reveille and rally to do
honor to their comrades dead - then and
not until then can be inscribed
above the heroes:
"Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking;
Dream of battlefields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking."
The officers of this League are: Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, Honorary
President; Mrs. M. R. Evans,
Vice-President; Mrs. Ellen McMahon
Caspers, Secretary; Mrs. Anna M.
Labadie, Treasurer.
Subscriptions should be sent to Mrs.
Ellen M. Caspers, Perrysburg
Wood Co., Ohio.
Editorialana. 337
OHIO SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
On Saturday, April 18, 1903, the Ohio
Society Sons of the American
Revolution held its annual meeting at the Great
Southern Hotel, Colum-
bus, Ohio. There was a goodly attendance
of members from various parts
of the state.
The usual reports of officers and
committees were heard and in the
afternoon the election of officers
occurred, resulting in the following:
President, Colonel James Kilbourne,
Columbus; Vice-Presidents, Isaac
F. Mack, Sandusky, W. H. Hunter,
Chillicothe, Orlando J. Hodge,
Cleveland, Edward Kibler, Newark, and J.
E. Betts, Findlay; Secretary,
William A. Taylor, Columbus; Treasurer,
S. G. Harvey, Toledo; Regis-
trar, Wm. L. Curry, Columbus; Historian,
W. H. Hunter, Chillicothe;
Chaplain, Rev. Julius W. Atwood,
Columbus; Board of Managers, James
H. Anderson, Columbus; Robert M.
Davidson, Newark; Isaac F. Mack,
Sandusky; George M. Wright, Akron;
Orlando W. Aldrich, Columbus;
Emilius O. Randall, Columbus; James M.
Richardson, Cleveland. Ex-
ecutive Committee--James Kilbourne,
Columbus; William A. Taylor,
Columbus; William L. Curry, Columbus;
Moulton Houk, Toledo; Wil-
liam H. Hunter, Chillicothe. Committee
on Year Book -Moulton Houk,
Toledo; William L. Curry, Columbus;
Emilius O. Randall, Columbus.
Committee on Bronze Markers--Isaac F.
Mack, Sandusky; Moulton
Houk, Toledo; William H. Hunter,
Chillicothe.
In the evening the local Franklin
Chapter S. A. R. gave a reception at
the Great Southern to the delegates to
the S. A. R. annual meeting and to
the local chapter Columbus D. A. R. The
reception was a most enjoyable
one. Gen. George B. Wright made an
address as did also Mrs. Orlando
J. Hodge, State Regent Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Colonel James Kilbourne on June 30th
issued the following letter to
the newspapers of the state:
COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 30,1903.
It is estimated that from 6,000 to
10,000 Revolutionary soldiers lie
buried in Ohio. Already the graves of
3,000 have been located and iden-
tified. A part of the patriotic work of
the National, State and local
Chapter Societies of the Sons of the
American Revolution, is to place upon
the grave of every Revolutionary soldier
a practically indestructible
bronze marker, in addition to present
monuments and markings.
This appeal is to every patriotic
citizen of Ohio to report to Col. Wm.
L. Curry, State Registrar, Columbus, O.,
to be entered in the records, the
place of burial, names and monumental
markings of every Revolutionary
soldier in their respective
neighborhoods.
Nearly all of these heroes, as well as
many buried elsewhere, have
living descendants in Ohio, who are
eligible to, and should become mem-
bers of the Society S. A. R. It is no
dress parade affair, but a patriotic
association to keep alive in the bosom
of every American the memory and
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works of our Revolutionary ancestors,
and imbue the minds of the rising
generation of our adopted citizens with
a love of liberty and a determina-
tion to help uphold it.
Our desire is to add at least 1,000 to
the present membership during
1903-1904. Send name and State of your
Revolutionary ancestor to Wm.
L. Curry as above, and receive blanks
and instructions pertaining to mem-
bership, and have your names enrolled in
the next Year Book, and join
us in the patriotic work of the Society.
Membership in the S. A. R. involves but
trifling pecuniary outlay. It
is designed as the conservator of the
history of the Revolutionary strug-
gle, and besides confers a distinguished
honor upon the eligibles. It is
hoped that all who read this will at
once forward the information and
inquiries above indicated.
Very respectfully,
JAMES KILBOURNE,
President Ohio Society S. A. R.
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DAYTON DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. We are in receipt of the Calendar of the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dayton, Ohio. The pro- gram of the chapter for this centennial year is so admirable that it de- serves notice and imitation by other chapters. Beginning with its March meeting and running through to its annual meeting in January, 1904, it has arranged a series of topics pertinent to the Ohio year. The subjects for the chapter's study include: "Antiquities of Ohio:" Serpent and other Mounds, Ancient and other Forts, etc.-"The Indian;" Logan, Tecumseh, Ogontz, the Prophet, Cornstalk -"The Battle of Upper San- dusky;" the Only Battle of the American Revolution fought within the present limits of the State of Ohio (June 4, 1782) - "Wayne's Expedi- tion against the Indians;" (1793-4)--"The Anglo-Saxons;" Characteris- tics of the first settlers; Conditions leading to the admission of Ohio as a state;--"Memorial Day," with special remembrance of Revolutionary soldiers interred at Dayton Cemetery (May 30) -"Flag Day;" Ohio in War; The War of 1812; War with Mexico; War with Spain (June 14) - "Ohio in the White House;" Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley. Meetings are also devoted to Laws of Ohio affecting women and chil- dren. The cover of the calendar is embellished with a neat design by the Regent of the Chapter, Mrs. David Gebhart. Beneath the Union Shield and the mottoes E pluribus unum and Imperium in imperio are respectfully the olive branch as the National symbol and a branch of the Buckeye tree with seventeen leaves, indicating Ohio as the seventeenth state. The Dayton Daughters are to be commended for their patriotism, national and state. We occasionally receive letters from D. A. R. Chap- ters, asking for suggestions as to subjects. Surely no more fascinating nor profitable topics for study could be chosen than those pertaining to the early history of Ohio. The events transpiring in the territory subsequently organized into Ohio, are as romantic and important as the collateral ones occurring in the New England Colonies and indeed the pre-state history of Ohio is closely connected with the national evolution that led to the formation and secure establishment of the Union. Another good work of the Dayton Daughters was the offering of prizes to members of the Junior Class, Steele High School (Dayton) for the best essays on (329) |