Excerpt from Addresses Delivered by Ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana: On February 22, 1921 In 1920, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York conceived the idea of holding a popular meeting on the morning of Washington's Birthday. With this end in view the New York Society of the Cincinnati, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Sons of the American Revolution, The Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Colonial Dames of the State of New York, Daughters of the Cincinnati, and the Military Order of Foreign Wars were invited to join in this movement. As a result of this meeting, it was determined to make the function an annual one. In 1921 the Tammany Society, New England Society, Military Order of the World War and the Law and Order Union also joined in the celebration. This year we were fortunate in having Ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana to make the address. The Senator also spoke extemporaneously at the Annual Banquet in the evening. At the meeting of the Board of Managers, it was resolved that ten thousand copies of both addresses be printed and distributed to the members of the General Society, Sons of the Revolution, and the other Societies that participated, and James Mortimer Montgomery, General President, Robert Olyphant, President of the New York Society, and Henry Russell Drowne, Secretary, were appointed a Committee to supervise the publication. It is deemed appropriate at this time to print the poem, "Unguarded Gates," by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which, through the courtesy of Houghton, Mifflin Company, we are permitted to do. 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.