MEMORIALS

P. E. Church of the Ascension. Memorials of the consecration, May 17 Flag for Major Christopher Magee, who died in duty on the Mexican border; candlesticks for Mrs. John W. Hubbard; Hymn boards for William M. Westerman; Clergy chair and prayer desk for John Eaton [deceased Member of The Pennsylvania Society].

Avalon United Presbyterian Church. War Service Memorial Tablet, dedicated December 30.

Block House Memorial. Tablet to commemorate the first military occupation of the forts on the Ohio and the deeds of the Sixtieth Royal Americans and the Forty-second Highlanders, now known as the "Black March Regiment," the gift of the Daughters of the American Revolution, dedicated June 14.

Brashear Settlement. Memorials of April 27: Honeysuckle planted by Woman's Club of Pittsburgh in memory of Mrs. C. C. McCullough and Mrs. Jane Hall; Honeysuckle planted by the Woman's Civic Club of Wilkinsburg in memory of Mrs. Phoebe Stewart Brashear.

Calvary P. E. Church. Memorial of 1917. Litany Desk for George M. T. Taylor, the gift of his wife, consecrated January 14; American flag in memory of Col. Norman M. Smith, the gift of his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Schoen, presented January 28.

Dr. Robert Christie portrait, painted by Wayman Adams, presented to the Western Theological Seminary, May 5.

Forsythe Log Cabin, erected before the Revolution and famous as the home of Margaret Forsythe, dedicated by the McPherson Relief Corps, No. 60, July 9.

Heckel Memorial. Altar and reredos for Mt. Zion's Lutheran Church in memory of C. C. Heckel and wife, the gift of their daughter, Mrs. George E. Dietz, dedicated September 16.

Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy Memorial. Residence for his widow, the gift of a group of friends, June 15. The house had been planned for Dr. Levy's own use before his death.

Mrs. Lewis Eisaman Memorial.-Baptismal Front for Knoxville Presbyterian Church, dedicated; December 16.

Margaret Melia Memorial. Monument in Calvary Cemetery erected by the Ladies' Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hibernians of Allegheny County, to their founder, unveiled May 30.

St. Andrew's P. E. Church. Memorials of 1917: Stone Altar Table in commemoration of the twenty-five years' rectorship of the Rev. John Crocker White, D.D.; Reredos and wings for John Bonner Bissell; Altar rail for William Fletcher Robeson, M.D.; Bishop's Throne in thanksgiving for the thirty-five years of the episcopate of the Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, D.D. [Past Chaplain of The Pennsylvania Society]; Choir rail, thanksgiving offering of J. B. d'Homergue; Rood Beam, parish thanksgiving; Clergy Sedilia and Screen, thanksgiving for the baptism of Frank Semple Bissell 2d; Silver Communion Service for William Fletcher Robeson, M.D.; Litany Desk for Mary Young Clark.

St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral. Roll of Honour, to contain the names of the members who have enlisted in the various branches of service for the war with Germany, exposed July 1.

Sixty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteers. Unveiling of the Regimental Tablets in Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall, July 2.

William H. Singer Memorial Research Laboratory, erected by his children, G. Harton Singer [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], Mrs. Robert Milligan and Mrs. Ross Proctor, formally opened and presented to the Allegheny General Hospital, May 23.

George Washington Memorial for Pittsburgh undertaken by the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution, at its annual meeting, February 22.

MISCELLANEOUS

Allegheny Lodge, No. 47, Loyal Order of Moose. New Temple dedicated July 17. Address by Richard B. Scandrett [Member of The Pennsylvania Society].

Carnegie Institute. Twenty-first Founder's Day, April 26. Address by the Hon. James M. Beck, President of The Pennsylvania Society.

John Howard McFadden [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], Collection of Early English Portraits and Landscapes, exhibited by the Carnegie Institute, April 26-June 15.

Col. J. M. Schoonmaker [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], placed on the Medal of Honour Roll by the War Department, April 5.

Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Allegheny County. Name changed to Fort Pitt Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Allegheny County, June 27.

University of Pittsburgh. Annual commencement, June 13. Oration by the Hon. James M. Beck, President of The Pennsylvania Society, who received the honorary degree of LL.D. Edward A. Woods [Member of The Pennsylvania Society], received the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

David T. Watson [deceased Member of The Pennsylvania Society], Collection of Paintings. Exhibited by the Carnegie Institute, January-February 28. The collection was subsequently sold at auction in New York.

Young Men's Republican Tariff Club Annual Dinner, January 29. Address by Senator Boies Penrose [Member of The Pennsylvania Society].

BRADDOCK. Fiftieth anniversary, June 8. Incorporated by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, June 8, 1867. Commemoration postponed owing to the war with Germany.

BRADDOCK. Memorial Tablets of 1917, erected in connection with the semi-centennial of June 8: John Frazier: "One thousand feet due south from this tablet, on the right bank of the Monongahela, stood the first white man's cabin west of the Allegheries, built by John Frazier, about 1742. Here George Washington was entertained, Thursday, November 22, 1753, and Sunday, December 30, 1753, while on his mission from Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia to warn the French against building forts in the Ohio Valley. The British Army crossed the river at Frazier's cabin on their march to Fort Duquesne the morning of the battle of Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755."-Braddock's Battlefield Memorial: "Seven miles from Pittsburgh this tablet marks the farthest point west reached by the English Army on their march toward Fort Duquesne. Here they were attacked July 9, 1755, by the French and Indians and driven back across the Monongahela River. George Washington, then 23

years old, fought in this battle."-Braddock's Spring: "Braddock's Spring was located near this tablet. Here General Braddock was refreshed and the wounds bathed that he received in the battle of Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755. From these injuries he died July 13, 1755."-Marquis de Lafayette: "In this house [Wallace mansion] General, the Marquis de La Fayette, the distinguished Frenchman who assisted the colonies in securing their independence, was entertained for one night, May 28, 1825, by Judge George Wallace, whose home it then was. This occurred on the occasion of the General's visit to this country as the 'Guest of the Nation' after an absence of nearly half a century. This house was later used as the Edgeworth Ladies' Seminary, the first school of its kind west of the Alleghenies."

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BRADDOCK. Braddock Hospital. East Wing dedicated April

EAST PITTSBURGH. Municipal Building dedicated April 28. The exercises included addresses by E. M. Herr and Hon. Robert Garland, Members of The Pennsylvania Society.

ELIZABETH. Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. Fiftieth anniversary, September 29-October 7.

GIBSONIA. St. Barnabas' Free Home for Convalescents and Incurable Men. Corner-stone laid June 11 by the Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, Past Chaplain of The Pennsylvania Society; address by Dr. John A. Brashear [Member].

HOMESTEAD. Masonic Temple cornerstone laid, May 5.

MCKEESPORT. Young Men's Christian Association. Subscription of the U. S. Steel Corporation of $100,000 to the fund for a new building made March 9.

NOBLESTOWN. United Presbyterian Church. One hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, September 25-26. The congregation was organized in 1792.

OAKMONT. Fifth United States Reserve Engineers. Presentation of National and Regimental flags, July 2. Address by Dr. John A. Brashear [Member of The Pennsylvania Society].

SEWICKLEY. James Henry Lindsay Memorial. Pulpit canopy, the gift of Mrs. W. D. Henry to St. Stephen's P. E. Church in memory of her father, September 30.

OAKMONT.-Charles Bailey Memorial. Two silk flags for St. Thomas's Memorial P. E. Church, gift of Mrs. Bailey, July.

TARENTUM. Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce of Tarentum, Brackenridge, Natrona and vicinity. New headquarters opened September 24. The Chamber was organized November 22, 1915.

WILKINSBURG. Henry P. Lieber Monument, in Woodlawn Cemetery, unveiled July 1. The exercises included an address by the Hon. Charles H. Kline, Member of The Pennsylvania Society. Lieber was a Pittsburgh youth who died on duty on the Mexican border last November.

LIBERTY AVENUE, OPPOSITE SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, 1890