Memorial Continental Hall

Original Price: $15.95
Sale Price: $9.95
  

Stock #: 499392
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Postmark: 1913 Apr-2
PM City: Washington
PM State: DC
Stamp: 1c
Philatelic Notes: Sta. G
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Continental Memorial Hall is the only building in the world built and planned by women. It is the home of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution which has a membership of nearly 70,000 women of the purest American strain. Delegates come great distances yearly to attend the Continental Congress on which occasion the President of the United States always greets them. It is an incorporated body making an annual report to the Smithsonian Institution and officially recognized by the Government. The building is of white marble and cost $350,000.

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