2010 in Washington, DC

English Edition Friends of Sulgrave Manor

1539 Volume 10, No. 1

Greetings Ladies, celebratory viewing at our Annual Meeting and at Biennial, the DVD will be available for sale in It is September and your Board is working both a long and short version. Kitten Ford, Hon- hard to finish up details for the Annual Meeting ! orary Trustee, has driven this project. Our job We have been discussing everything –agendas, now is to make the best possible use of our siza- menus, bus arrangements, flower arrangements ble investment by getting it in schools, in homes and most of all, our stressful hotel and on the airwaves. (See the back arrangements. All is in order at page of this newsletter for infor- last and we are planning a special mation on how to order it.) treat for those who are staying at Sulgrave Day was memorable. the Marriott instead of the Ritz!! A group of 65 Dames, family and My first year as the Sr. Repre- friends were greeted with delight- sentative to Sulgrave Manor has ful weather, a Manor in good or- been a learning one. The gentle der and gardens lovelier than ever. prodding and encouragement of I wish that every Colonial Dame Cotton Hubard, Treasurer, and the could visit Sulgrave Manor, the constant energy of Bess Fuchs, place for which you work so hard. Junior Representative, have com- The trips surrounding Sulgrave bined to shape me up for a strenu- Day were a huge success. An im- ous but absolutely delightful job. portant decision we will make at Clearly the best part of the job is Laura Rutherford, (right) Sr. the Meeting in October will be working with each of you, the Representative to Sulgrave what trips to offer in two years. cream of the NSCDA. Manor with the Baroness Jill Join us in 2012. Sulgrave Manor is standing the Knight of Collingtree, Chair- We have a great success to man of the Sulgrave Board, test of time well. With a dedicat- and Bess Fuchs, Jr. Repre- report at the Manor. The view ed staff and Board, the House sentative, prior to opening the shed at Sulgrave Manor was under serves to both educate and inspire. new exhibition space. serious threat. There was a plan to Its well respected and popular build a wind farm with nine tur- school program continues as it bines in the open country between welcomes approximately 17,000 visitors a year. the villages of Sulgrave and Weston. These We have worked diligently this year to raise things would tower over the tiny villages and one funds for such exciting extras as a new garden, would be ½ mile from Sulgrave Manor! The vil- mounting a new exhibit and the continuing con- lages formed an action committee and Jane servation of the collection. As a result we were Treadway, former Senior Representative and Ad- able to present the Manor with a check for visory Board Member, coordinated an American $50,000 at Sulgrave Day. letter writing campaign in support of the commit- The long anticipated documentary, “The tee’s efforts. Thanks to your response and that of Washingtons of Sulgrave Manor” is at last com- those supporters in England, the plan to build a pleted by Ken Winber! This beautiful production wind farm at the edge of Sulgrave has been can- brings alive the Washington family as it makes celled! its way to Sulgrave and on to America. The We, The Friends of Sulgrave Manor will join DVD and the research that went into it will pro- the English Board of Sulgrave Manor to host the vide an excellent educational tool for the Dames first American Watson Chair Lecture and Dinner and it will also preserve the shared history and on October 14, 2010 in Washington, DC. The unique values of England and the US. After a (Continued on page 8)

Friends of Sulgrave Manor Northern Ireland, June 2010 BOARD OF TRUSTEES President, Mrs. John Schley Rutherford ALABAMA The leprechauns were in full force during our enchanted trip Vice-President, Mrs. David C. Fuchs NEW YORK Recording Secretary, Mrs. William E. Chilton, III WEST VIRGINIA through Northern Ireland. The flowers, they were incredible. Our Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Edgar M. Rea, III LOUISIANA incredible guide, Alistair Fitzger- Treasurer, Mrs. John B. Hubard MARYLAND ald, said that the rhododendron Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. Richard M. Baty ARIZONA bushes of all colors were “pests”. Mrs. Norman J. Asher DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Mrs. James R. C. Cobb ARKANSAS Can you imagine! Our hotels were Hilary Field Gripekoven OREGON makeovers of castles or mansions, Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton TEXAS giving us lots of ambience. For Mrs. David Thomas Moody FLORIDA the sites seen, the Giant Causeway Mrs. Charles Steven Paul INDIANA Mrs. William S. Tasman PENNSYLVANIA remains outstanding for me (Google, whether or not you are HONORARY TRUSTEES familiar with it). I keep wanting to repeat “incredible”. Mrs. H. Taylor Morrissette ALABAMA Mrs. Donald J. Gerzetic ARIZONA The ancestral homes of our presidents Arthur, Grant, Jackson, Mrs. Katherine T. Ford CALIFORNIA and Wilson were visited with much interest. They are, for the Miss Ruth Uppercu Paul MARYLAND most part, simple structures with varying memorabilia, but it is Mrs. Robert B. Field, Jr. NEW HAMPSHIRE Mrs. David G. Holdsworth NEW JERSEY really humbling to think our former leaders came from this mod- Mrs. Julian M. Marshall PENNSYLVANIA est heritage. Mrs. C. Richard Treadway TENNESSEE We were lunched and dined in Mrs. Everett D. Bohls TEXAS lovely old, old homes with cuisine Mrs. S. Spencer N. Brown TEXAS often made by wife or mother. ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES These hosts have maintained their homes, one for 300 years, and Mrs. Lucian Newman, Jr ALABAMA Mrs. Charles F. Breed ARIZONA seemed to enjoy our company. Mrs. Harry D. Loucks ARKANSAS Some of their libraries would make Mrs. Peter M. Nelson CALIFORNIA one envious. Ms. Deanna Lee Speer COLORADO We stopped at the seaports of Don- Mrs. Samuel D Parkinson CONNECTICUT Mrs.W Latimer Snowdon, Jr. DELAWARE egal, Belfast and Groomsport from Mrs. Ian Glenday DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA which so many of our ancestors Mrs. Walter Smithwick, III FLORIDA emigrated. Mrs. Marvin Sparks Singletary GEORGIA Many other sites were seen. Faith Mrs. Thomas M. Culbertson HAWAII and begorra, it’s a fair land. Mrs. Rudolf E. Knepper ILLINOIS Mrs. Richard M Tempero INDIANA Mrs. Loren Ted Sloane IOWA Mary Bohls Mrs. Paul Murray Buchanan KANSAS Mrs. William H. Schaaf, Jr. KENTUCKY Mrs. Donald Walter LOUISIANA . Mrs. Harold Edwards, Jr. MAINE Mary Bohls, TX enjoying Mrs. John Landon Reeve, IV MARYLAND the “Giants Causeway” in Mrs. Thomas E. Melican MASSACHUSETTS Northern Ireland on one of Mrs. Russell A. McNair, Jr. MICHIGAN the Dames Sulgrave Trips. Helen Waldron MINNESOTA Mrs. Guy Thompson Vise, Jr. MISSISSIPPI Ms Joan F. Langenberg MISSOIJRI Mrs.Wm Laird McNichols NEBRASKA Mrs. Jonathan P. Trace NEW HAMPSHIRE Mrs. Wenllian J. Stallings NEW JERSEY Mrs. Mathias C. Zeri NEW MEXICO Mrs. Hynson Brown NEW YORK Mrs. Lucius M. Cheshire, Jr. NORTH CAROLINA Mrs. Michael D. Connelly OHIO Mrs. Stephen G. Soloman OKLAHOMA Mrs. James Hamilton Clarke OREGON Mrs. Michael D. Milone PENNSYLVANIA Mrs. John Bartram RHODE ISLAND Mrs. C. Stuart Dawson, Jr. SOUTH CAROLINA Mrs. John H. Nading TENNESSEE Mrs. Marvin E. Bradshaw TEXAS Mrs. J. Robert Maguire VERMONT Mrs. George T. Williamson VIRGINIA Mrs. Nathaniel Blodgett Page WASHINGTON Mm William E. Chilton, III WEST VIRGINIA Mrs. Harland W. Huston, Jr. WISCONSIN Mrs. Warren Morton WYOMING

The Sulgrave Day speaker talking with The Baroness Jill Knight of Collingtree and Laura Rutherford.

2 Traveling with the Dames

Sulgrave Manor Interlude Cruising the Dalmatian Coast and Sulgrave Day What could be better than starting a trip in Venice., leaving the The Sulgrave Manor Interlude was a delightful airport by high speed water taxis, cruising the Laguna Veneta and four day visit to gardens of the Cotswolds. Two arriving at our hotel by the water door. We were in original Danielli favorites were High Grove, the home of HRH rooms, fusty, old fashioned, furnished with pieces from an old Drac- Prince Charles and Bowood, home of Lord Lans- ula movie complete with the requisite squeaking floors. It was won- down and his stunning rhododendron garden. The derful. A perfect setting for the start of a trip. group spent three nights at the new hotel at There is the immediate recognition factor and greetings as we Bowood before heading to Sulgrave Manor for a see old friends and meet full day of festivity and ceremony. what soon become new Sulgrave Day 2010 began with a service at St. ones. On a Sulgrave trip James the Less, then all walked to the Manor for coffee and tours of the house and garden. Mrs. Da- you have plenty of time vid Fuchs, new Junior Representative, opened the to get to know members new exhibition space near the garden and their guests from all which features an early history of the creation of over the country. It is Sulgrave great fun to be part of it. Manor as a In the evening you Museum. That multiply your experience was followed by talking with fellow by a tradition- travelers. We all saw dif- Kay Glenday surrounded by Ro- al Pimms Cup ferent aspects of things as man guards at Diocletian’s Palace. and a buffet well as the same ones. lunch with our Imagine being in a Roman coliseum in Istria and seeing a man in English mountain climbing gear 100 feet off the ground, on a ledge spraying friends and weed killer on the growth in order to prevent the roots from destroy- members of ing the walls. In another port we docked next to Marjorie Merry- the Board of weather Post’s majestic Sea Cloud. Later we saw her leaving the Old friends chatting in front of the Sulgrave Man- port under full sail. beautifully embroidered bed hang- or, led by Bar- All along the Croatian Coast we saw remnants of centuries of oness Jill ings in the Great Chamber. super powers. First there were the Romans, followed by the Vene- Knight of Col- tians, Hapsburgs, the Soviets, and now finally independence. lingtree. NSCDA President Hilary Gripekoven Through it all you were aware that the Croatians had kept their own spoke at the luncheon. The day ended with a mov- identity. The people of Montenegro were different still, and oh my, ing flag ceremony in which FSM Senior Repre- were the men handsome! A glass of lemonade while sitting at a ta- sentative Laura Rutherford participated. While we ble on the central square was enough to confirm this. heard the shared melody of the British National The old Venetian churches, are still vibrant, as in several we Anthem and our own beloved hymn, “My Country saw long lists of the children who had just made their First Holy 'Tis of Thee”, some of us quietly admired the roof Communion. and gardens to which the Dames have contributed I loved spotting Winged Venetian lions all over the Dalmatian in recent years. coast, over arches, nestled into walls, pictured on stained glass, and on the facades of buildings. What we call “globalization” the ready intermingling of former- ly separate cultures, actually began in places like these, fostered by the Pax Romanun, the Roman rule that made traveling and trade safe and predictable. The seas were the highways and we were traveling one of them, modern voyagers on an ancient passage.

Bess Fuchs

A scene you missed by not traveling with the Dames to Croatia. A modern Gladiator using Dames gathering before dinner on “Roundup” instead of a sword. board Le Boreal in the Adriatic.

IHO/IMO Donors to the 2009-2010

AL Bennett, Mary Fitts IMO Cynthia Thomas AL Pryor, Betty L. IMO Mrs. Jack Sewell AL Boulware, Mary E. Camp IMO Martha C. Brasfield AL Renfrow, Jr., Mrs. Raymond IMO Mrs. Clarence Daugette, Jr. AL Brady, Mrs. Cliff C. IHO Vaughan Morrissette AL Russell, Ann F. IMO Cynthia Thomas AL Camp, Helen M. IMO Cynthia Thomas AL Rutherford, Mrs. John S. IMO Spencer Brown AL Dunn, Elizabeth Legge IMO Betty Washington Legge AL Rutherford, Mrs. John S. IMO James Cobb AL Foster, Mrs. Winston G. IMO Mrs. Amiel W. Brinkley, Jr AL Rutherford, Mrs. John S. IMO Cynthia Thomas AL Frazer, Mrs. Nimrod T. IMO Sarah Smith Martin AL Shuler, Annette M. IMO Mrs. Betty Maury Cobb AL Galloway, Annie Hunter IMO Nell Rutherford AL Smith, Garland Cook IHO Laura Rutherford AL Gamble, Mrs. Wm. Jordan IMO Mr. James R. C. Cobb AL Smith, Sarah C. IHO Stuart Cobb AL Greer, Therese G. IHO Kay Glenday AL Smith, Teresa M. IMO Sarah Elliott McLean AL Higgins, Elizabeth N. IMO Mrs. Lucille F. Bowles AL Streit, Eleanor Gage IHO Anne Monfore AL Inge, Mrs. David U. IMO Mrs. Eleanor Inge AL Tidmore, Mrs. J. Wallace IHO Mrs. Samuel E. Stroh AL Jenkins, Kent C. IHO Mrs. Florence H. Young AL Wheelock, III, Mrs. George IHO Mrs. Sam S. Sommers, Jr. AL Johnston Jr., Mrs. Watkins IMO Edith Johnston AL White-Spunner, Jane B. IHO P. White-Spunner McKay AL Knight, Jr., Mrs. Wm. C. IHO Mrs. John S. Rutherford AL Willcox, Julia K. IMO Fredrica C. W. Smith AL Kyle, Jr., Mrs. Chris IMO Cynthia Thomas AL Williams, Jane N. IHO Jane Newman AL Ladd, III, Mrs. Ernest F. IMO Frances L. Williams AL Williams, Mrs. James IHO Mrs. Lucian Newman, Jr AL Lanier, II, Mrs. Monro B. IMO Monro Banister Lanier, II AL Wright, Anne G. IMO Lady Anne A. Baind AL Wright, Judge & Mrs. George S. IMO Cynthia Thomas AR Cobb, Mrs. James R. C. IHO Tibbie Field AR Moore, Joanne Cullom IMO Washington Ancestors AZ Baty, Mrs. Richard M. IHO Tibbie Field AZ Blackwell-Miller, Jean IHO Baroness Jill Knight AZ Gerzetic, Evelyn M. IMO Mr. James R.C. Cobb AZ Hanson, Sally D. IMO Sally S. Day AZ Hershberger, Winifred IHO Evelyn Gerzetic AZ Kendrick, Margaret IMO Elizabeth Howie AZ Rendell, Joan A. IMO Dr. Alfred D. Rendell, MD AZ Withers, Victoria A. IMO Nancy Stillman AZ Withers, Victoria A. IHO Guy Stillman CA McCarty, Mrs. Craig L. IMO A.Van Wagenen Robison CT Venter, Mrs. Josiah G. IMO Mrs. Pauline Spedden DC Carroll, Mary T. IHO N. Maxson Terry DC Carroll, Mary T. IMO Rebecca Wolcott Terry DC Gasch, Alice T. IMO Alice Richardson True DC Sisson, Mrs. Thomas IHO Mrs. William E. Chilton DC Speed, Margaret B. IMO Elizabeth Burrowes DE Allmond, III, Mrs. Chas. IHO Mrs. Robbie Snowdon Opening the New Exhibit. DE Darling, Caroline B. IMO Rebecca F. Benoist Wendy Barnes, Director, is speaking while Bess DE Mc Daniel, Carey C. IHO Mrs. W. L. Snowdon, Jr. DE Rickards, Mrs. Chas. R. IMO Elizabeth Colby Snyder Fuchs, The Baroness Jill Knight of Collingswood DE Rickards, Mrs. Chas. R. IHO Anne Colby R. Poskitt and Laura Rutherford wait at the door. DE Rittenhouse, Patricia IHO Robbie Snowdon DE Rowland, Mrs. Walter IMO Mercer Jackson Wellford AL Laseter, Mrs. Rogers N. IHO Mrs. John W. Poynor DE Schutt Jr.,Mrs. Charles IHO Laura Rutherford AL McWhorter, Mrs. Hobart A. IHO Jane Newman FL Dietzen, Callaway C. IMO` Helen Crump Cutler AL Monfore, Mrs. Robert W. IMO Cynthia Thomas FL Giddens, Harrison F. IMO Caroline Ross Pate AL Monfore, Mrs. Robert W. IHO Mrs. John S. Rutherford FL Giddens, Harrison F. IMO Mary Va. Sale Wilson AL Monfore, Mrs. Robert W. IHO Mrs. H. T. Morrissette FL Knight, Ann S. A. IMO Augusta Woods AL Nabers, Martha Faust IMO Mrs. Hugh Nabers GA Barrett, Jane H. IMO Judith Haskell AL Newman, Jr., Mrs. L. IHO Vaughan Morrissette GA Barrow, Diana D. IHO Henrietta Singletary AL Newman, Jr., Mrs. L. IHO Laura Rutherford GA Bright, Catherine M. IMO Marion Converse Bright AL Newman, Jr., Mrs. L. IMO Cynthia Thomas GA Campbell, Julia Burt IMO Marvin Singletary AL NSCDA in AL, Tuscaloosa IMO Cynthia Thomas GA Campbell, Julia Burt IHO Henrietta Singletary AL Paschall, Mrs. Thomas IMO Susan Bibb Kidd GA Champion, Jr., Mrs. R. E. IMO Kath. Muse Champion AL Paschall, Mrs. Thomas IMO Eliza Lee Tweedy GA Coffman, Mrs. P. D. IHO Mrs. John G. Weinmann AL Patton, Mrs. Donald W. IMO James Sutherland, III GA Daily, Mrs. F. Willson IHO Mrs. S. Spencer Brown AL Poerschke, Mrs. Peter A. IHO Ellen Joyce Sherling GA Dasher Jr., Mrs. Howard IMO Mary McCulley Dasher AL Powell, Mrs. Larkin Y. IMO Mrs. Chas. T. Brasfield GA Deal, Mr & Mrs. Jim D. IMO Marvin Singletary AL Poyner, Nancy McCall IHO Tibbie Field GA Galis, Mrs. Denny C. IMO Marvin Sparks Singletary

4 GA Garner, Jr., Mrs. John E. IMO Marvin Singletary KY Barr, Mrs. Charles C. IHO Sally Meigs GA George, Patricia W. IMO Antonia Brooks Thomas KY Barr, Mrs. Charles C. IHO Alice Lea Tasman GA Godard, Mildred Fokes IMO Catherine Cook Fokes KY Lange, Amanda D. IMO Bunch Griffin GA Godard, Mildred Fokes IHO Sally Fokes Jones KY Sweeny, Beverly IMO Ellen Bland GA Hamilton, Jr. Mrs. William E. IMO Foster Adair Hamilton LA Beck Jr., M & M Wm. H. IHO Nancy Beck GA Hansford, Mrs. Nathaniel IHO Mrs. Camille Wright Cook LA Bevan, Mrs. George Paul IHO Mrs.Walter Parlange, Jr. GA Hart, Mrs. George Henry IMO Jean Lovell Davis LA Charbonnet, M & M Kenny M. IHO Mrs. Coates Stuckey GA Heard, Sally Murphey IMO Judith Meier Murphey LA Freeman, Judith W. IHO Ann Rea GA Henson, Catherine Goodhart IHO Louise Calhoun LA Friedrichs, Lorraine Caffery IMO Lorraine G. Caffery GA Horn, Mr & Mrs.Jim IMO Marvin Singletary LA GrehanJr., Mrs.Harold S. IHO Mrs. William Messersmith GA Kay III, Mrs. James Benjamin IMO Marvin Singletary LA Hall, Mrs. Florence L. IMO George Bartlett Hall GA Key, Jr., Mrs. Jack B. IHO Mrs. W. H. Young III LA Preaus, Ann K. IMO Mrs. Paul Haygood GA Lindley, Mrs. George Robert IMO Douschka Brown Wolff LA Rea III, Mrs. Edgar M. IMO Mrs. James H. Thomas GA Marbury, Marianne S. IMO Marvin Singletary LA Rea III, Mrs. Edgar M. IMO Mr. James Cobb GA Mays, Lynn A. IMO Miss Mary Lou Bussey LA Rea III, Mrs. Edgar M. IHO Stuart Cobb GA McKinney, Mrs.Ray L. IHO Mrs. Marvin S. Singletary LA Weller Jr., Mrs. Walter IMO George Washington GA McPherson, Mrs. Douglas C IHO Mrs. Anne C. Cheney MA Luquer, Brenda P. IMO Elizabeth Roome Luquer GA Moore, Mrs. Robert L. IMO Robert/Katherine Pamplin MA MacDuffie, Karen T. IHO Karen Melican GA Morgan, E. H. IMO Valeria McI. Morgan MA Moon, Frances K. IHO Margaret Brown GA Offen, Mrs. Lee G. IHO Tibbie Field MA Plum, Margaret White IHO Karen Melican GA Parks, Kathy IHO Mrs. G. E. Pope MA Synnott, Marcia G. IMO Beatrice C. Synnott GA Parks, Kathy IHO Betsy Crisp MD Gillette, Elise C. IMO MargaleeCorcoranGillette GA Peebles, Sallie M. IMO Sarah Allen Moore MD Gilman, Mrs. Susan W. IMO Linda E. Wegner GA Peterson Jr., Mrs. Hugh IHO Mrs. Henrietta Singletary MD Grantham, Jane IHO Cotton Hubard GA Rogers, Mrs. John J. IMO Marvin Singletary MD Grantham, Jane IHO Nancy Fairhurst GA Smith, Mrs. Jack C. IMO Marvin Singletary MI Bartlett, Mrs. Herbert P. IMO Mrs. Bruce D. Carey GA Summers, Sylvia Newton IMO Sarah A. P. Summers MI Bradley, Shirley G. IHO Tibbie H. Field MI Dalgleish Jr., Mrs. C. H. IHO Thelma Maxwell Gilbert MI Morison, Mrs. Ayers IHO Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton MI Nicholson III, Mrs. G. A. IHO Salome E. Walton MI Reuther, Mrs. Alfred R. IHO Ann K. Scott MI Schriber Family Fdn. IMO Cornelai L. Sneed MI Smith, Dr. Susan IMO Elise P. Smith MN Dunnavan, Mrs. Susan IHO Elizabeth Dunnavan MN Podas, Nancy L. IHO Reece M. Newport MO Hopkins, Mrs. Janet IHO Katherine McDaniel MO Mecker, Odile S. IHO Mrs. Ann Wilson Brown NC Bridgford, Mrs. Bruce IMO S. Spencer N. Brown NC Cheshire Jr., Mrs.Lucius IMO MrsJames Pleasant Floyd NE Simmons, Mrs. Ray C. IMO Mrs. Clifton Batchelder NE Waters, Katherine M. IMO Margaret P. Waters NH Engelbach, Barbara W. IHO Stuart Cobb NH Field, Victoria E. IHO Mrs. Robert B. Field, Jr. NH Field Jr., Mrs. Robert B. IMO Reggie Black NH Frost, Mrs. Evelyn IHO Elizabeth Field Young Dames enjoying Sulgrave Day NH Ripley, Mrs. John C. IHO Tibbie H. Field NJ Knott Jr., Mrs. Robert G IHO E. Whitesides Holdsworth NY Bagbey, Francis C. IHO Gillette Brown GA Tarbutton, Mrs.Hugh M. IHO Mrs. Marvin S. Singletary NY Brennan, Joyce L. IHO Gillette Brown GA Vallotton, Mrs.Maxwell IHO Mrs.Joe D. Christian, Jr NY Brennan, Joyce L. IHO Bobbie Carr GA Watkins, Raines W. IMO Marvin Singletary NY Cannon, Helen R. IHO Mrs. Gillette M. Brown GA Wilkin, Anne S. IMO Marvin Sparks Singletary NY Duff, Mrs. Steven W. IHO Mrs. T. Hynson Brown GA Williams, Connie D. IMO Marvin Singletary NY Goodpasture, Ruth J.H IHO Mrs. T. Hynson Brown GA Williams, Connie D. IHO Henrietta Singletary NY Hamilton, Mrs. Alex. R. IMO Sally Gibson GA Wilson Jr., Mrs. H. Grady IMO Mrs. Cuyler A. Trussell NY Parker Jr., Mrs. Paul E. IHO Mrs. John Anthony Sipp GA Wright, Jr., Mrs. John Walker IMO Eliz. Lockhart Cox Werner NY Pleus, Julie H. IHO George Washington GA Young, III, Mrs. Wm. Hall IHO Mrs. Marvin S. Singletary NY Sipp, Mrs. John A. IHO Mrs. Hynson Brown GA Zeliff, Mary H. IHO Boyce Ansley NY Sipp, Mrs. John A. IHO Mrs. David Fuchs HI Vuillemot, Mrs. Floyd L. IHO Mrs. Robert B. Field, Jr. NY Smith, Mrs. Andrew L. IHO Gillette Brown IA Burns, Janice Robinson IHO Tibbie Field NY Stifel, Mrs. William F. IHO Mrs. Hynson Brown IA Koontz, Marion T. IMO Mary Gildehaus NY van Dyke, Nina D. IMO Hannah F. Washington IA Sitz, Kathleen S. IMO George Washington NY van Dyke, Nina D. IHO Mary Washington Clay IA Staak, Robin Von Maur IMO Dame Clarissa Hunt NY Zilenziger, Roxanne S. IMO Frances Clark Braxton IA Staak, Robin Von Maur IMO Mary Gildehaus OH Bentley Jr., Mrs. A.L. IHO Mrs. Thomas J. Fairhurst IL Baxter, Marilyn R. IMO Ruth Hurd Baxter OH Boles, Elizabeth J. IMO Nancy Cutting Young

5 OH Foster Jr., Mrs. Thomas IHO Nancy Fairhurst stance N. IMO Marguarite N. Grubb PA Hobbs, Elizabeth Vann IHO Julie Milone OH Kollin, Nancy D. IHO Mrs. Thomas J. Fairhurst OH Kolin, Nancy D. IHO Mrs. Michael D. Connelly PA Manonian, Lee IMO Dodie Cauffman OK Mrs. Charles R. Coe IMO Virginia Edwards PA Milone, Mrs. Michael D. IHO Henrietta H. Marshall OK NSCDA in OK IMO Mrs. John Handy Edwards PA Neilson, Mrs. Carl L. IHO Mrs. A. Corkran Nimick OK Roark, Louise Kane IHO Mrs. Charles R. Coe PA Raab, Ms. Alexandria D. IHO Tenny Marshall OR Gripekoven, Hilary Field IHO Cotton Hubard PA Raab, Mrs. Henry R. IHO Tenny Marshall OR Gripekoven, Hilary Field IHO Alice Sloane PA Shaver, Mrs. Jeffrey S. IHO Tenny Marshall OR Malarkey, Jane IMO Anne McDonald PA Sutton, Elizabeth Scull IMO Elizabeth Stulb Scull PA Bailey, Wendelyn C. IHO Emily Long Jackson PA Taylor Jr., Mrs. Edgar R. IHO Julie Milone PA Corkran, Susan C. IHO W. Latimer Snowdon PA Westbrook, Eugenia H. IMO Maude Strouch PA Hall, Con- PA Winton, J. Sinclair IHO J. Popplewell RI Magee, Mrs. Curtis W. IMO Rosina A. Davis The cook in the RI Rose, Laura Love IMO Elizabeth Allen Love kitchen of SC Allen, Mrs. John Robert IHO Jane O. Waring Sulgrave Manor SC Baker, Elizabeth Bramlett IMO Camilla Bramlett SC Bridges Jr., Mrs. Saunders IHO Mrs. Charles Waring, Jr. demonstrating SC Cates, Marguerite IMO Kathleen Newby different foods SC Dargan, Caroline IHO Jane O. Waring to serve. The SC Dawson Jr., Mrs. C. S. IHO Baroness Jill Knight more expensive SC Dawson Jr., Mrs. C. S. IMO Lady Betty Griffiths ones are on in SC deSaussure, Mrs. Mary H. IMO Dr. Charlton deSaussure the foreground, SC Haltiwanger, Anna IMO Dr G. Washington Brunson SC Heyward,Jr., Mrs.John Tabb IHO Mrs. Charles Waring, Jr. such as the or- SC Holland, Elizabeth Claypoole IHO Elizabeth F. Claypoole anges. The SC Holland Jr., Mrs. Evans P. IMO Kate Ayers Pettit much less ex- SC Humphreys, Mrs. Robt. E. IHO Miss Jane C. Moorefield pensive bread is SC Humphreys, Mrs. Robt. E. IHO Mrs. Rodney R. Hull at the far end. SC Iselin, Mrs. Frederick D. IHO Jane O. Waring SC Johnson, Beverly M. Stoney IHO Joseph Lawson Johnson, Jr SC Johnson, Jr., Mrs. George D. IHO Mrs. Robert E. Browne SC Kane, Mrs. Judith Virginia IHO Mrs. David G. Holdsworth SC Lewis, Jane Hart IMO Mrs. Ray A. Little Jr. Have Old House, Need lots of money!!! We need to: Replaster and paint the interior and upgrade the security lighting.

YES! I want to Help. Please enroll me in the following category: $1000 Washington Society $500 Sulgrave Society $100 Tudor Society $50 Rose Society $25 Crown Society My check is enclosed Payable to Friends of Sulgrave Manor Please charge my: VISA MasterCard Credit Card #: Expiration Date: Signature: Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Telephone: State Society: My Contribution is in memory of: My Contribution is in honor of: Please provide a name and address for acknowledgement Please mail check to: Mrs. John Hubard, Friends of Sulgrave Manor, 3759 Port Way Drive, Harbor Springs, MI 49740-9105

The Board of Trustees of the Friends of Sulgrave Manor gratefully acknowledges your support. Your contribution provides for the preservation and development of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral Home of the Washington family in England . Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

6 SC Ravenel, Shannon W. IHO Mrs. Charles Waring, Jr. WA Gates, Mrs. Charles W. IMO My ancestors

SC Thomason, Mrs. William IHO Mrs. W. M. Webster III WA McLauchlan, Marilyn IMO Maxine C. McLauchlan SC Todd, Mrs. Sarah H. IHO Mrs. Charles Waring Jr. WA Page, Mrs. Nathaniel B. IMO Dorothy Fay Gould SC Wallace Jr., Mrs. Wm H. Jr. IMO William Henry Wallace, WA Powel, Mrs. John H. IMO Marian Fay Corson SC Webster III, Mrs. W. M. IHO Jane Oxner Waring WI Hogoboom, Mrs. B. E. IHO Nancy B. Lesh SC Yarbrough Jr., Mrs. J.C IMO Harriet Dwight T. Roberts WI Huston Jr., Mrs. Harland IHO Andrew R. Huston TN Dunn, Harriet L. IMO Richard M. Lovelace WI Read, Mary B. IHO Helen Huston TN McDonald, Mrs. Hunter IHO Lucy Nading WV Chilton, III, Mrs. Wm. IMO James R. C. Cobb TN Moore, Mrs. James R. IMO Mrs. J.W. Estes Moore Jr. TN Smith, Anne Moore IMO Francis Rutland Moore Friends of Sulgrave Manor sincerely regret any errors or omissions. TN Smith, Anne Moore IHO Edith Shipley Moore TN Smith, Marjorie R. IHO Marjorie W. Russell TN Spangler, Cynthia H. IHO Mrs. R. Bolling Hubard TN Stinson, Mary IHO Lucy Nading TN Tabor, Margaret W. IMO Dr. Robert Wellford TN Tarkington Jr., Mrs. J. F. IHO Mrs. Richard Treadway TX Bohls, Mrs. Everett D. IMO Cynthia Thomas TX Bunn, Lillian Ann IHO Dorothy-Knox Houghton TX Carson Jr., Mrs. Charles IMO Katherine Smith TX Christian Jr., Mrs.W.G. IMO Kenneth Petticrew TX Cummings, Linda L. IHO Lawrence Washington TX Escobar, Muriel W. IMO Gladys Paine Wicks TX Francis II, Mrs. Sidney IHO Victoria I. Bradshaw TX Fulbright, Gloria IMO Fay Anderson TX Johnson, Mrs. G. M. IHO Victoria I. Bradshaw TX McGovern, Mrs. Wm. IHO Baroness Jill Knight TX Omohundro, Mrs. John IMO Emily G. Buchanan Fundraising and Sulgrave Manor TX Petty Jr. M & M Scott IHO Mrs. Ray Strange TX Pyle, Ida McFaddin IHO Mrs. Spencer Brown Raising money is the most important thing that we TX Thomson, Lois R. IHO Henrietta Owen as Dames do for Sulgrave Manor. The NSCDA TX Ulmer, Mrs. James G. IHO Dorothy-Knox Houghton was involved with raising money to help buy the TX Whittington, Mrs. Harry IMO Dr. Elizabeth Hollamon house, establish an endowment, and have continued VA Ellett, Mrs. Frank T. IMO Katherine Tyler Ellett VA French, Susan K. IMO John Howland to support the museum for the last 96 years. In the VA Hardy, Marg. Woodin IMO Wiley Wheat dedication of the Manor as a Museum it was said VA Hedrick, Mrs. Robt. E. IHO Mrs. Kenneth M. Lemley that it was to be a centre from which sentiments of VA Kay, Mrs. Alexander J. IHO Mrs. Geo T. Williamson friendship and goodwill between the British and VA McArthur Jr., M & M Ken. IHO Mrs. Geo T. Williamson American peoples will for ever radiate VA Shanks, Janice H. IMO Mrs. Wilma W. Harris There are many ways that the Colonial Dames VA Stanley, Mary Stuart IMO Geo. Washington Family VA Symroski, Mrs. Charles IMO Onslow Rolfe continue to do this. We are grateful for all the hard VA Temple Jr., Mrs. E. E. IMO Mrs. Irving L Jones Jr work that the Associate Trustees do. Each year WA Campbell, Mary B. IMO Mary Blanche Boulware they send out a solicitation to the membership of WA Dickinson, Mrs. R. H. IMO Lela Remington their State Society. The Baroness Jill Knight, President of the Board of Sulgrave Manor is a great fundraiser, and she does this by being entertaining. As she talks to you, she weaves you under her spell and you find your- self opening your pockets for her cause. Many of the State Societies invite her to come and speak, at either a luncheon, tea or a dinner. All of these ways of fundraising added up to, $110,000 in 2009. Thank you to all Dames for being so generous, and especially to the Associate Trustees for working so hard to raise the money.

Bess Fuchs

7 (Continued from page 1) Embroidery inaugural speaker will be Michael Bes- chloss, presidential scholar, author, and tel- This embroidery is symbolic of the great emigration by the evision personality. Tibbie Field, past Sen- English to North America in the 17th century. It was made by ior Representative and her committee have Amphyllis Washington (nee Twigden) and was taken to the done a wonderful job of planning and pro- United States by one of her children sometime after 1656. It ducing this much anticipated event. was doubtless displayed in their houses on the Northern Neck The Friends of Sulgrave Manor is a as they helped that area to move from being part of the frontier unique group of Dames with a mission. of European settlement to being the prosperous colony of the Betty Chilton, recording secretary from 18th century. West Virginia, describes our mission best It remained in Virginia with the Washington family until the when she says, “I consider it a real honor, 20th century. The purchase in 1914 of Sulgrave Manor in responsibility and challenge to protect and South Northamptonshire to be "a centre from which sentiments preserve Sulgrave.” I believe we all do and of friendship and goodwill I consider it an even greater honor to be the between the British and leader of such a group. American peoples will forev- I look forward to seeing each of you in er radiate" predates by some October! twenty years Churchill's

coining of the phrase "special Laura Rutherford relationship", encapsulating Sr. Representative to Sulgrave Manor the recognition of the shared language, values, culture and bloodlines. The embroidery was given back to the Manor, built by the five times great Mid-17th century embroidery, grandfather of the first Presi- sewn by the great great grand- dent of the independent Unit- mother of George Washing- ed States George Washing- ton. ton, as part of the American contribution to setting Sulgrave Manor up in its continuing symbolic role.

London in November

Will you be in London November 4th? We are planning a luncheon for those Dames that live in London, and for any other Dames who would like to join us. Friday evening will be a dinner and the Watson lecture at the Houses of Parliament. If you are interested, please email or call: Bess Fuchs: [email protected] 631-271-5254 28 Middle Hollow Road, Huntington, NY 11743 631-271-5254

We would like to thank all of the out going Associate Trustees of Sulgrave Manor. Their work has been greatly ap- preciated. We welcome and look forward to working with our New Associate Trustees.

Retiring Associate Trustees New Associate Trustees

CO Mrs. Robert C. Black, III* Ms. Deanna Lee Speer CT Mrs. William Chittenden, Jr. Penny Mrs. Samuel D. Parkinson (Ann) IL Mrs. Stephen F. Fields (Mary) Mrs. Rudolf Edward Knepper, (Sue) LA Mrs. Charles Haygood (Sandy) Mrs. Donald E. Walter (Charlotte) ME Mrs. Robert Phillips Timothy (Martha) Mrs. Harold Edwards, Jr. (Sue) MD Mrs. Randolph B. Hubard (Ina) Mrs. John Landon Reeve, IV (Dallas) MI Mrs Jonathan T Walton (Sis) Mrs. Russell A. McNair, Jr. (Rosie) MN Mrs. Susan Dunnavan Helen Waldron NJ Mrs. Theodore A. Hagios* Mrs. Wenllian J. Stallings (Billie) OH Mrs. Thomas J. Fairhurst (Nancy) Mrs. Michael D. Connelly (Sally) RI Mrs. John L. Lafferty (Cynthia) Mrs. Joan Bartram (Joan) SC Mrs. Charles Waring, Jr. (Jane) Mrs. Claudius Stuart Dawson, Jr. (Tootie)

* deceased 8

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9 More Pictures of Sulgrave and Sulgrave Day

A view of the surrounding countryside.

Margaret Brown, former Laura Rutherford and The Baroness Jill Knight of Sr. Representa- Collingtree waiting for the flags of their two coun- tive with her tries to be lowered. Granddaughter Caroline, in the garden at Sulgrave Man- or, with a sculp- ture of George Washington

A close up of the Embroideries.

10 Awards Like Traveling?

Sulgrave Manor is on Pins and needles. Sulgrave Manor won the Best Inspirational Project award again Want to travel with other Dames? this year for the John Washington Garden. That will Please join us for a four day trip October 7th to Virgin- go forward to the East Midlands Regional Awards, ia. We will start in Washington, go to Richmond, where we are already entered into the Best Visitor Ex- Three James River Plantations, Jamestown, and Fred- perience category. The announcement will be at the ericksburg. award dinner in Newark, UK, Sept 7th. For further information please contact: We are also on the short list for an award from the Dorothy Knox Houghton East Midlands Tourism, “Think Family”. 4019 Inverness Drive Houston, TX 77019

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In Memoriam Gift Shop

Regina Maleham Black died on January 1, 2010. In her eighty nine years she packed in at Isn’t our scarf wonder- least three separate lifetimes of energy, service and ful! Here modeled commitment to her friends and the causes she by designer Alice loved, notably the NSCDA and historic preserva- Lea Tasman. All of tion. Her chief passion was the Hotel de Paris in the crests were Georgetown, one of the two museum's owned by those of the Wash- the NSCDA in Colorado. Responsible for raising a ington family. If two million dollar trust to support the Hotel, Reg- you look closely, gie was honored by the National Trust for Historic you can see the Preservation for her work to make the Hotel a Na- derivation of our tional Trust site. In her service as Associate Trus- stars and stripes. tee of Sulgrave Manor, Reggie demonstrated the To order, send same commitment to support Sulgrave. In October, check made out to: 2008, Reggie orchestrated a dinner and presenta- Friends of Sulgrave tion of "Lawrence Washington" by a former direc- Manor to: tor that earned $4000. The last event she organized, Mrs. Michael Milone but did not live to attend, was a tea for the Hon. Jill 718 Wexford Road Knight that raised $2000 for Sulgrave Manor. Wexford, PA 15090 Edria G. T. Hagios, Associate Trustee from New Jersey, died on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 412-613-2148 the Hunterdon Care Center. Edria was a consum- [email protected] mate Dame. Her most recent contributions as co- chair of the successful celebration of the 250th An- Prices inc. postage niversary of the Old Schoolhouse in June 2009, a member of the Peachfield Campaign Steering Scarf $ 50.00 Committee and our Associate Trustee for the Necktie $ 40.00 Friends of Sulgrave Manor. As a past Preisdent in Box $150.00 New Jersey, Edria was a counsel and mentor for Ornament $ 15.00 those of us who followed her in office. She will be missed. Edria is survived by her husband, Ted, and her son, Dennis.

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Here at Last!

The long awaited DVD is finally here. “The Wash- ingtons of Sulgrave Manor”, gives you the history of the Washington family from the time that Law- rence bought the land from Henry VIII, ca. 1539, to when his great-grandson John emigrated to America in 1659. We know the history – Henry VIII’s war with the church and how it played out – but we have no sense of what it was like to be there, what a day, a week, a month felt like at Sulgrave Manor in sixteenth century England, the comings and goings, the everyday tasks in the complex agri-business of an important land owner- wool merchant named Lawrence Washington. The film is designed as an experience inside a story. The History of Sulgrave Manor and all its intrigues are incorporated In this documentary.

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