NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF

TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE MANUSCRIPTS, TRADITIONS, RELICS AND MEMONTOS OF BYGONE DAYS; TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE BUILDINGS CONNECTD WITH THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR CONTRY, TO DIFFUSE HEALTHFUL AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PAST, TO CREATE A POPULAR INTEREST IN OUR COLONIAL HISTORY, TO STIMULATE A SPIRIT OF TRUE PATRIOTISM AND A GENUINE LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND TO IMPRESS UPON THE YOUN THE SACRED OBLIGATIONS OF HONORING THE MEMORY OF THOSE HEROIC ANCESTORS WHOSE ABILITY, VALOR, SUFFERINGS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BEYOND ALL PRAISE.