Dear ARLIS/NA 2014 Conference Attendees,
The Society
of the Cincinnati welcomes attendees of the ARLIS/NA Washington conference for
a special tour of our library and museum on Thursday, May 1 from 10:00 to 11:45
a.m. The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at the close of the
Revolutionary War by the officers of the Continental Army and their French
counterparts who had fought together in struggle for American independence.
Perpetuated by the descendants of the original officers, the Society is today a
non-profit educational organization dedicated to the study and preservation of
the history of the American Revolution. The Society maintains a special
collections library and museum at its headquarters, Anderson House, a
Beaux-Arts mansion that was formerly the home of a member. On view in the
library will be treasures from the vault, including George Washington’s copy of
Benjamin West’s A Discourse, Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy (London, 1793) and Pierre L’Enfant’s original
drawings for the insignia of the Society. There will also be a guided tour of
the first and second floors of Anderson House, which showcase the rich
collections of art and artifacts assembled by Larz and Isabel Anderson during
the first third of the twentieth century. Also on view is the Society current
special exhibition, “The Reward of Patriotism”: Commemorating America’s
Heroes of the War of 1812.
The Society
of the Cincinnati
Anderson
House
2118
Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington,
DC 20008
-Bettina Smith and Sarah Osborne Bender
ARLIS/NA 2014 Publicity and
Web Coordinators