Talk on 100-year-old Time Capsule Message Hosted

by Anna Warner Bailey Chapter of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution

Groton, Conn.—The Anna Warner Bailey Chapter of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution (CTDAR), will hold its annual tea fundraiser on October 25 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mystic. 

Slocomb’s time capsule included news clippings she felt impartially reported what was to be called the Great War. Discouraged that she never found an unprejudiced account of the Civil War and Spanish American War, she hoped that the 1914 Italian news clippings would inspire someone to investigate “the sad true story of this terrific episode in Human History!”

Saturday, October 25, 2014, 2-4 p.m.

“Tea and War-Weary Message from Century-Old Time Capsule“

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

15 Pearl St., Mystic, CT

Keynote Speaker: Lisa Saunders, author

Admission: $8.00

The Anna Warner Bailey Chapter of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution (CTDAR) will serve tea, finger sandwiches and cookies on bone china. Speaker Lisa Saunders, a member of the Chapter, is a descendant of Captain Henry Gale, the Revolutionary War veteran found guilty of treason for his leadership role in Shays’ Rebellion. A graduate of Cornell University, she is the author of several books including “Shays’ Rebellion: The Hanging of Co-Leader Captain Henry Gale” (first published in American Spirit Magazine).  

Proceeds from the tea fundraiser will benefit several civic projects such as Good Citizen, American History Essay and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) student awards. 

For more information, contact Mrs. Janet F. Purinton of Mystic, Regent of Anna Warner Bailey Chapter, CTDAR, at: (860) 572-8780, awbregent@gmail.com. Purinton is a descendant of Captain Hubbard Burrows, one of the first to die in the Battle of Groton Heights.