. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. t secrets iiidIn the tomb and crypt and cloisterIn tem[>leand pyrannd. .d his eye is scanning the harborThrough its forest of mast and sparTill he catches the gleam of the pennonWith its fluttering stripe and star. And a thrill and a nameless raptureOver his spirits it bears hun the wecome messageOf country, of hope, of home. And her colors stand a presage Of the glad oncoming d^y, When the right alone shall be mighty .■il hate have pKissed away. W hen our shield shall bear the lege
. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. t secrets iiidIn the tomb and crypt and cloisterIn tem[>leand pyrannd. .d his eye is scanning the harborThrough its forest of mast and sparTill he catches the gleam of the pennonWith its fluttering stripe and star. And a thrill and a nameless raptureOver his spirits it bears hun the wecome messageOf country, of hope, of home. And her colors stand a presage Of the glad oncoming d^y, When the right alone shall be mighty .■il hate have pKissed away. W hen our shield shall bear the legend(>f the eagle and the dove,.And tiie laws of states and nationsShall meige in the lav of iove. When brother shall hail hs brotherOn the oceans star-lit track,Though he stand neath the spangled 1Or folds of the Union Jack. .And the Quaker his part is taki,ng,And his heart is beating ti ueTo the nation he loves and honors,To the red and the white and blue. True to bis hope and Jcnging,For a better day to to the faith of theii the flag of his ain Son* of the American Revolution. The ]9ih meeting of the Boston Chapter,Sons of the .American Kevolulion, was heldon F)eccniber 1-1, 1S97, at 8 p. m., at the resi-dence of Jerome Carter Ilosmer Ashmont, iJor-chester. President George Ernest Lowman pre-sided with nineteen members wdio were presenttogetlier with eight guests. New members elect-ed : Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey Marion ((j9)in right of .Abel Irescoti of Concord, 1 71S-l^^ Warren .Alden Ford (_T0) in right of TobiasI ord of Kennebunkport, ^[e., ^ The Chapter voted to invite Mr. William of New Voik to lertiire before thetdtapter in Forrimer Hall, Trcmoiit 1 empic, onJanuary 2), iAKSONS. Secretarv-Treasurer. .A Chapter of the Empire State Society, .Sonsof the American KevoluHon, was organized atFlmira on November lUth with twenty-five charter meinbers and ninealditional oriL;inal memb
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