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Designated NYCL. May 17, 1966. Chandelier by E. F. Caldwell & Co. The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs.
Old Colony Club. Coordinates: 41°57′27.7″N 70°39′57.2″W. Old Colony Club. The Old Colony Club is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States, founded in 1769 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [1]
The U.S. ideal of the citizen soldier, in the militia, depicted by The Concord Minute Man of 1775, a monument created by Daniel Chester French and erected in 1875, in Concord, Massachusetts. The militia of the United States, as defined by the U.S. Congress, has changed over time. [1] During colonial America, all able-bodied men of a certain age ...
In the 1950s and '60s, there were around 300 women in the Colony Club, and they would collect around $20,000 to give to charities in the area. “Now we’re down to 45 members, and we give maybe ...
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28, 1776) was the state's first constitution following its declaration of independence and has been described as the most democratic in America. It was drafted by Robert Whitehill, [1] Timothy Matlack, Dr. Thomas Young, George Bryan, James Cannon, and Benjamin Franklin.
Muriel Belcher. Muriel Belcher (1908–1979) was an English nightclub owner and artist's model who founded and managed the private drinking club The Colony Room. The club opened in 1948 at 41 Dean Street, Soho, London [1] and became known as "Muriel's". Its long term popularity amongst London's bohemians lasted for 60 years and is widely ...
The Colony Room Club. The Colony Room Club was a private members' drinking club at 41 Dean Street, Soho, London. It was founded and presided over by Muriel Belcher from its inception in 1948 until her death in 1979. The artist Francis Bacon was a founder and lifelong member, and the club attracted a mixture of Soho's low-lifes and its alcoholic ...
Website. nscda.org. The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1776, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period." The organization has 44 corporate societies.