Title:
Mrs. Slocomb and the Connecticut State Flag
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Connecticut State Flag
DAR
Fort Griswold (Groton, Conn.)
Women
DAR
Fort Griswold (Groton, Conn.)
Women
Object ID:
scr-026-086
Object Name:
scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London
Pubication Date:
03/24/1988
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
Mrs.Cuthbert Harrison Slocomb, nee Abby Day in Stonington, was an original member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and organized a chapter in Groton adopting the name of Anna Warner Bailey. The Connecticut General Assembly turned over the monument house to the DAR for their meeting headquarters in 1894. Under her leadership the fort and the adjoining lands were saved from threatened development. When she realized the the state had no state flag, she had the chapter prepare several designs that were submitted to the General Assembly. The design they approved became our state flag.
People:
Slocomb, Mrs. Cuthbert Harrison
Day, Abby
Day, Abby
Search Terms:
Connecticut State Flag
Monument House
Fort Grisword
Anna Warner Bailey Chapter DAR
Monument House
Fort Grisword
Anna Warner Bailey Chapter DAR