. Michigan historical collections . s of the order. In part she said: While we seek to perpetuate the memory of our revolutionary fathersour eyes are turned toward the future and it is our special work notonly to mark historic places but to instill and foster a fine and highspirit of patriotism in the minds of our boys and girls who hold the fu-ture destinies of this country in their hands, and to aid those who aredebarred educational privileges. It is in the interest of our boys and girls we mark historic places,suitably inscribed and mark revolutionary battlefields and revolutionarysoldiers
. Michigan historical collections . s of the order. In part she said: While we seek to perpetuate the memory of our revolutionary fathersour eyes are turned toward the future and it is our special work notonly to mark historic places but to instill and foster a fine and highspirit of patriotism in the minds of our boys and girls who hold the fu-ture destinies of this country in their hands, and to aid those who aredebarred educational privileges. It is in the interest of our boys and girls we mark historic places,suitably inscribed and mark revolutionary battlefields and revolutionarysoldiers graves and mark portages and trails of the early traders andIndians and place monuments along the road our pioneers followed tothe far Pacific coast. One of the works which most strongly appeals to us is teachingpatriotism to our boys and girls, teaching them love and loyalty forthe flag and we have strong committees in this line whose especial workit is to see that no desecration is offered our dearly loved and bloodbought UNVEILING MONUMENT AT THREE RIVERS 399 Dr. Blanche M. Haines followed Mrs. Perrin with the princifjal ad-dress of the day, giving the following history of the old trading post: Ladies and gentlemen, we have invited you to assist, by your pres-ence, and your encouragement, the Abiel Fellows Chapter of the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution in the ceremory of unveiling this boul- •der, which marks the earliest civilization in Three Rivers. We know definitely that the earliest civilized people in Three Riverswere the French traders. That the oldest habitation here was the oldlog trading post and that it was here before 1829. Through our unbroken forests the w^aterways were the highwaysof travel for the early explorers. The St. Joseph river was one of themost important of these water highways. It Avas rich in portages orcarrying places. There were only short distances to transport canoesfrom the waters of the St. Joseph to the headAvatcrs of the Ka
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