Organization of the District of Columbia State Society:

Organized on April 8; 1937 in the Presidential Suite of the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C.; the District of Columbia State Society was originally named the Colonel William Branthwayte Chapter after the ancestor of the organizing president; Mrs. Frank Morrison.

Pertinent Facts about the District of Columbia State Society:

The members of the society have given generously to the Headquarters and have managed the care of the kitchen, which is the "D.C. State Society Room." A generous donation was made recently to the D.C. Room in honor of Marion Virginia True who has served as the treasurer of the Society for many years and was a past Headquarters Treasurer.

For many years, the Society has sponsored a Music Scholarship for a student in the music department at the University of the District of Columbia.

In recent years, the Society has increased its membership by nearly 15% and continues to grow.

Recent Happenings of the District of Columbia State Society:

President General Hemmingway attends a District of Columbia Meeting to speak on the Florida parlor

Historic Sites Marked by the District of Columbia State Society:

During the presidency of Mrs. William Edson (Laura), a property in Georgetown, D.C. was marked. In May 1995, a historic marker was placed on a house owned by a member, Elsie Brown, in Cox Row. It reads "COX ROW Built in 1817-18 by Col. John Cox, Mayor of Georgetown, 1823-1845." Elizabeth Conway of the D.C. Society did the historical research in the Georgetown Library. Many distinguished guests stayed at Cox Row including Lafayette on his last visit to American. Among the distinguished owners of houses on Cox Row is Commodore Morris, a naval hero in the War of 1812.

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