Page 6 Need a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? For more info, call (857) 249-7882 JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, April 19, 2024 ~ The Old Sachem ~ The DAR By Bill Stewart T his week I was honored with an award from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for my many write-ups of colonial America, some of which included the American Revolution, at The MEG Building in Cliftondale. The organization has its meetings in the MEG Building and often invites honored guests. I expect my wife, Polly, to become a member as her family’s history goes back to 1609 in Plymouth. The DAR is like many other organizations that have a fervor for early American history. On May 18 in 1876, America celebrated its birthday with a grand birthday party known as the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, where some 10 million people turned out to celebrate America’s fi rst international exposition. This inspired numerous patriotic and preservation societies, but none for women. This led to creation of the DAR. Celebrating Our 52nd Year Dan - 1972 We Sell Cigars & Accessories! MAJOR BRANDS AT DISCOUNT PRICES! Singles * Tins * Bundles * Boxes * Travel Humidors * Desk Top Humidors * Many Types of Lighters * Ash Trays * Juuls * Vapes * Glass Pipes * Rewards Program * CBD Infused Products * GIFTS UNDER $30 - GIFT CERTIFICATES LOOK WHAT $49.95 BUYS YOU! ABC 15 Cigar Assortment, 100% Tobacco * Long Filler STORE HOURS: OPEN DAILY 7 DAYS A WEEK, 9AM - 6PM Humidor Specials! Starting as LOW as $99. Complete with Accessories R.Y.O. TOBACCO & TUBES ON SALE! Green Label Cigar Sale! Buy 2 Cigars, Get One FREE! A.B.C. CIGAR 170 REVERE ST., REVERE (781) 289-4959 TOWN MEETING | FROM PAGE 5 The article also states that no committee member shall be employed by the town during their employment, except for selectmen. There would be a potential problem with that part of the proposed article, as the 50-member Town Meeting body is composed of numerous members who are on the town payroll. The article further states that the committee doesn’t have a budget and that its recommendations are non-binding. “The Charter Review Committee will report back to Town Meeting with an initial report and any recommendations at the 2025 Annual Town Meeting and shall be an ongoing committee that will regularly meet during the year to review the Saugus Charter,” according to the article. “Members shall be appointed or reappointed on an annual basis,” it stated. Chris 2024 The DAR is a very vibrant organization whose passionate activity is to preserve the memory of the original fathers of America. It’s a women’s service organization whose members must be able to prove they are direct descendants of those patriots who aided the American Revolution and the war for independence against the British. The fi rst DAR chapter was organized on October 11, 1890, at the Strathmore Arms, the home of Mary Lockwood – one the group’s four cofounders. The other founders were Eugenia Washington, who was a great-grandniece of George Washington; Ellen Harden Walworth; and Mary Desha. First Lady Caroline Lavina Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, joined with the originators and became the fi rst President General of the DAR. Lockwood was the fi rst historian of the DAR. She served as the editor of the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine from 1894 to 1900. She inspired the DAR with a resolve to “provide a place for the collection of Historical relics which will accumulate … and for historical portraits, pictures, etc. This may be in rooms, and later in the erection of a fi re-proof building.” Lockward was also involved in women’s rights with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and wrote newspaper columns advocating women’s rights. She wrote many books, including “Historic Homes of Washington” and “Handbook of Ceramic Art.” She was a promoter of women’s clubs and founder of “Travel Club.” She became the president of the Women’s National Press Association and the Lady Manager At Large at the “World’s Columbian Exposition” in Chicago in 1893. Lockwood died in 1922 as the last remaining member of the originators of “The Old Sachem,” Bill Stewart. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Joanie Allbee) the DAR and is buried in Washington, D.C. In 1940 a memorial was dedicated to Lockwood at the four corners in Smith Mills, New York, a large native boulder with a bronze tablet insert that states “Birthplace of Mary Smith Lockwood 18311922, Pen Founder of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution”. Lockwood was actually born in Hanover, New York. The Mary Smith Lockwood Medal for Education is awarded by the DAR. You can obtain the book “Mary Smith Lockwood: Famous Woman of Hanover” by Marion Thomas – published May 28, 1964. If your family goes back to the 1700s or 1800s in America, you might want to join this historic organization. The DAR website notes: “Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence is eligible to join the DAR. She must provide documentation for each statement of birth, marriage and death, as well as of the Revolutionary War service of her Patriot ancestor.” (Editor’s Note: Bill Stewart, who is better known to Saugus Advocate readers as “The Old Sachem,” writes a weekly column – sometimes about sports. He also opines on current or historical events or famous people.)
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