Book Description

The General Society of Colonial Wars was organized on May 9th and 10th, 1893, in the Governor's Room, City Hall, New York, by delegates from five states and the District of Columbia. A Constitution was adopted on May 10, 1893, subject to the approval of a majority of the delegates present at an adjourned meeting ot the General Assembly, and the General Officers were then elected. An adjourned meeting of the General Assembly was held at the Hotel New Netherlands, New York, on December 19, 1893, and the Constitution unanimously adopted. The final session of the First General Assembly was held in the Congress Hall, Philadelphia, May 7 and 8, 1896. Since this time the General Assembly has met regularly every three years. The meeting in 1908 was held at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, the General Society being the guest of the Kentucky Society.