DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN BEVOUJTION

The Daughters of the American Revolution, organized about eighteen years ago by Mrs. Charles H. Deere, is another organization which has largely influenced, public thought in Moline Ill other lines, and through its publications, aroused interest throughout the state.

It has given eighteen years to the study of American history, distributed prizes to students in the public schools for the best essay on patriotic subjects and presented portraits of Lincoln and Washington to the high school.

Travelers sailing down the Mississippi river, or on one of the numerous railroads that pass through Moliue. will notice on a small island about five miles above the city, a tall, granite monument commemorating the battle fought there, July, 1814, between Captain Campbell of the regular army with a handful of soldiers, against Black Hawk with 1,200 followers, who were in the employ of the British.

This monument was suggested by a member of the Moliue chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Able assistance and cooperation was secured and the state was induced to erect this appropriate memorial to the courage of an American hero.

 

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