the sword to return to their lives as
private citizens of the new Republic.
The medallion of the Society in-
signia today depicts Cincinnatus
meeting the Senators at his plough.
What connection does Cincinnati,
Ohio, have with the Society?
Cincinnati, in 1790 a small settlement
on a bend of the Ohio River, was
jmed after the Society by Major
. eneral Arthur St. Clair, an Original
Member of the Society from Penn-
sylvania and first Governor of the
Northwest Territory. He was inspired
to do this because a large number of
other Original Members had settled
there with their families at the con-
clusion of the Revolution. The State
of Ohio was later created out of the
Northwest Territory in 1803.
Why is this building called
Anderson House?
The house was completed in 1905,
after designs by the firm of Little and
Brown, Boston, as a private residence
for Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mr.
Anderson was a career diplomat and
United States Ambassador to ]apan,
1912-1913. He was a member of the
Society for 43 years and always
deeply interested in it. After his death
Mrs. Anderson gave the house to the
Society in 1938 for a permanent
headquarters.
Is Anderson House more than a
headquarters?
Yes. It is a well-known Washington
landmark and one of the few remain-
ing examples of the great town resi-
dences of a bygone day. Additionally,
it is an Historic House Museum on
the National Register of Historic
Places and a national museum of
relics of the American Revolution.
Among the more interesting objects
to be seen on the first floor of the
house are portraits of founding
members of the Society by Gilbert
Stuart, George Catlin, Ezra Ames
and other early American painters.
There are also orderly books, per-
sonal letters and manuscripts, as well
as medals, swords, glass, silver and
china of historic importance.
The second floor is still furnished
largely as it was in the years the house
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. An-
derson (1905-1937). In the Drawing
Room are 18th Century paintings,
including examples of the work of
Hoppner, Raeburn and Reynolds. In
the glittering French Salon is a forest
of “Jade Trees” from China and Japan.
Flemish tapestries of the 16th Cen-
tury, French and Italian religious paint-
ings, and numerous oriental art objects
are displayed in the Olmsted Gallery
and in the State Dining Room.
The Museurn is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 1 to 4 P.M.,
and is closed on National Holi-
days; free.
The Harold Leonard Stuart
Memorial Library, open to the
public weekdays 10-4, houses a
12,000-volume reference collec-
tion on the American
Revolution.
The Battle at Bunkers Hill
(cover), Henry Knox,
George Washington,
Attack on Fort Moultrie
(map), Portrait
E7’ Uniform of an American
General, and
Anderson House Museum.