1889

George Washington, and the Second Earl of Dartmouth, from whom Dartmouth College received its name, were descendants of a common ancestor, - Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave Manor, in England. In 1904 the sixth Earl of Dartmouth, the great-great-grandson of the nobleman whose name Dartmouth College perpetuates, came to America and was present at the Exercises attending the laying of the cornerstone of the New Dartmouth Hall, modeled to preserve the lines of the original building, Dartmouth Hall, then recently destroyed by fire.

At a banquet attending these Exercises, which I had the pleasure of attending as an alumnus of the College, the late Charles Theodore Gallagher, 'h 1894, prominent Boston attorney, responded to the sentiment of "The Dartmouth and Washington Arms." In his remarks he referred to the discovery of a link that made the chain complete between the Washingtons of America and the Washingtons of England, to Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave being the common ancestor of the Dartmouth and the Washington lines, and, in regard to the flag of the United States of America, he called attention to the fact that when Congress created the new flag authorized by the Continental Congress in the resolution of June 14, 1777, adding to the 13 red and white stripes the new constellation of 13 stars on a blue field, the heraldic star of six-points was not employed, but the five-pointed mullet which appears in the Washington Arms, and also in the Arms of the Second Earl of Dartmouth, and, he added, "the man who did it had some knowledge of heraldry."

At the invitation of the Trustees of Dartmouth College a dinner was held the evening of March 18 at The Sheraton-Plaza inaugurating the Special Gifts Phase of the 200th Anniversary Development Program in the Greater Boston area. More than 500 were present, including your secretary. Wilbur W. Bullen '22 presided and President John Sloan Dickey was the principal speaker. An interesting feature of the evening was the pictures shown on a screen of Dartmouth from its earliest existence down to the present.

Secretary, Treasurer and Bequest 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.