It being evident,
from the steady decline of a proper celebration of the
National Holidays of the United States of America, that
popular concern in the events and men of the War of the
Revolution is gradually declining, and that such lack
of interest is attributable, not so much to the lapse
of time and the rapid increase of immigration from foreign
countries, as to the neglect, on the part of descendants
of Revolutionary heroes, to perform their duty in keeping
before the public mind the memory of the services of their
ancestors and of the times in which they lived;
therefore,
the Society of Sons of the Revolution has been instituted
to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in the military,
naval and civil service of the colonies and of the Continental
Congress, by their acts or counsel, achieved the Independence
of the country, and to the proper celebration of the
anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of
prominent events connected with the War of the Revolution;
to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, records
and other documents relating to that period; to inspire
the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit
of their forefathers; and to promote the feeling of
friendship among them.
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