Year Book Of The Oregon Society Sons Of The American Revolution

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331255970
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (559 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Year Book of the Oregon and Washington Society of the Sons of the American Revolution written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Year Book of the Oregon and Washington Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: For the Year 1894-5 These are set forth in the Constitution of the National Society as follows: The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory of the men, who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people. In no respect are these objects partisan, sectarian or commercial, but purely patriotic, social and American. Eligibility To Membership. The National Society's Constitution fixes the terms of eligibility thus: Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society, who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to, and rendered actual service in the cause of, American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, militiaman or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a Civil Officer, either of one of the Colonies or States or of the National Government; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.