Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Register of Old Suffolk Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, 1900
The Chapter has held monthly meetings, most of them at the homes of Members, as the social feature always has proved most enjoyable. Historical papers, addresses, essays and talks have been provided at these meetings the Colonial, Revolutionary and later history of Chelsea, including Revere and Winthrop, has been given at length; members have contributed papers on the Colonial and Revolutionary history of their native Towns, as well as on other subjects of an historical nature members of other Chapters and other guests have given valuable and interesting essays and addresses; several smoke-talks have given vari ety to the enjoyment of the meetings, and the a7th of May in each year has been celebrated by a Chapter Ladies' Night of a semi-public nature, with appropriate exercises and addresses bearing upon the event thus commemorated. The Chapter early in its existence took an active interest in the marking of historic places in Chelsea by appropriate bronze tablets, and also located and marked the graves of Chelsea Revolutionary soldiers in the old grave-yard at Revere. The Chapter has invited the attendance at its meetings of our citizens interested in historical work or in the subjects of the papers, with great freedom, and the average attend ance of guests easily balances that of members. The Chapter endeavors to stand in the Community for a deeper realization of our honored Past as an inspiration to better appreciation of the duties of American citizen ship to-day.
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