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300 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY<br />

tennial by <strong>the</strong> chapter, bringing toge<strong>the</strong>r relics not only <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> War <strong>of</strong><br />

1812 but <strong>of</strong> earlier times.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> evening <strong>of</strong> February 14, 1915, <strong>the</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chapter<br />

took part in a peace centennial service in Grace Episcopal Church, <strong>the</strong><br />

chapter flag being carried in <strong>the</strong> procession. President Pierce, <strong>of</strong> Kenyon<br />

College, gave a fine address on <strong>the</strong> 100 years <strong>of</strong> peace between Englishspeaking<br />

nations.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> one hundredth anniversary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ratification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> treaty <strong>of</strong><br />

Ghent betAveen Great Britain and <strong>the</strong> United States, twenty members<br />

<strong>of</strong> this chapter addressed <strong>the</strong> various Avard schools on this subject.<br />

Martha Pitkin Chapter will soon erect in <strong>the</strong> vestibule <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> public<br />

library <strong>of</strong> this city a bronze tablet with <strong>the</strong> names <strong>the</strong>reon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Revolutionary<br />

soldiers buried in Erie Countv.

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