. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ring for mankind allthe blessings of liberty. To-day the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,numbering fourteen thousand five hundred, supplemented by the organization of theNational Society of the Children of the American Revolution, numbering fourteen Vlll INTRODUCTION hundred and thirty, whose motto is, For God and country, stand united, to main-tain the objects of the National Society as presented in the constitution and by-lawsof the Daughters of the American Revo


. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ring for mankind allthe blessings of liberty. To-day the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,numbering fourteen thousand five hundred, supplemented by the organization of theNational Society of the Children of the American Revolution, numbering fourteen Vlll INTRODUCTION hundred and thirty, whose motto is, For God and country, stand united, to main-tain the objects of the National Society as presented in the constitution and by-lawsof the Daughters of the American Revolution. By the authority of the National Board of Managers this brief introduction iswritten, and it is a free-will offering. It may be well, further, to state that theNational Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have no other interestin The Century Book of Famous Americans than to wish it all success in itsendeavor to place before the youth of our country an account of the lives of some ofthe men who have helped to make America famous. Letitia Green Stevenson, President- THE GARDEN AT MOUNT VERNON


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