Envision, if you will, 23 ladies arriving at the home of Miss Emma Dorman, granddaughter of Udolpha Miller Dorman, on Tuesday evening, January 13, 1914. Many might have arrived in the latest form of transportation, the motor car. Others may have come in carriage. All would have been dressed in their finest: heavy coats with fur trim, stylish dresses or suits, and elaborate hats. They had come to form a new chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. The national organization was only 24 years old; the first President General was Caroline Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison.
The Dorman home was candle-lit, and the candle on the center of the table was described by the newspaper as a seven-pronged candelabra. A large American flag was draped in the back of the front hall and an even larger one was suspended between two immense parlors...