The following is a transcript of an article written by a historian of the Williamson County Historic Society in commemoration of Old Glory’s seventy-fifth anniversary. “Our heartiest congratulations and best wishes are extended to Old Glory chapter DAR on their 75th anniversary celebration in October of 1972. “The National Society of Daughters of […]
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Recently discovered at Williamson County Public Library, this framed piece sparked conversation about the relationship between the “original Old Glory” Flag, owned by Captain William Driver, and Old Glory Chapter NSDAR. Apparently this was not a new conversation. Interesting information is found the chapter’s original minutes books and scrapbooks. For example, in June 1938,
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On October 9, 1997, the chapter celebrated Old Glory’s 100th birthday at a chapter meeting held at 118 3rd Avenue North in Franklin which was the location of one of the chapter’s first organizational meetings. One hundred years later, a portion of the chapter meeting was conducted in the upstairs room where the 1897 meeting
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Old Glory Chapter presented banners to Franklin Firefighters in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
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A letter written by President Herbert Hoover to Miss Gentry was recently discovered at the Williamson County Archives. The letter is now on permanent display in the “At Home” display case in the newly redesigned Military Room. June 25, 1917 Miss Susie Gentry, Maplehurst, Franklin, Tenn. My dear Miss Gentry: Many thanks
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Miss Susie Gentry, founder of Old Glory Chapter NSDAR, was born July 31, 1860, in Shelbyville (Bedford County), Tennessee, to Dr. Watson Meredith Gentry and Martha Jones Gentry. Following the Civil War, the family moved to Franklin. In 1870, they made their home at Maplehurst, on the corner of 11th and West Main. Miss
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Susie Rebecca Gentry, Organizing Regent, founded Old Glory, the ninth TSDAR chapter, in October 1897 in Franklin, Tennessee. Along with fifteen charter members, Miss Gentry chose the chapter name based on a family story about John Paul Jones’ naval battle with the ship Serapis. Family legend said when the flag was struck and heading downward
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