. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. >t, iy,.j, i,v ^- 30 Large Portraits of the men foremost in establishing the Republic and maintaining it.— These portraits ought to hang in every Public School as an inspiration and incentive to the study ofthe lives of these men and of the history of the country. The schools have been largely dependant upon the munificence of Society and private individuals for ac-quiring the portraits, yet much has been already done. THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION have placed over 1,00


. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. >t, iy,.j, i,v ^- 30 Large Portraits of the men foremost in establishing the Republic and maintaining it.— These portraits ought to hang in every Public School as an inspiration and incentive to the study ofthe lives of these men and of the history of the country. The schools have been largely dependant upon the munificence of Society and private individuals for ac-quiring the portraits, yet much has been already done. THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION have placed over 1,000in different schools throughout the United States. The Daughters of the Revolution and the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames have placedmany more. This is- but a small fraction of the whole and we wish to call the attention of all Chapters to thi-means of .furthering the work for which their society was organized. Many individual members have placed these portraits in the 3chool.:> marked with a brass taljlet to :hememory of their Revolutionary ancestors. V>e shall be ple


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