A Souvenir

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Excerpt from A Souvenir: Of the Anniversary and Banquet of the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia April 16, 1914 During many years, since the principle of liberty for all men became the mighty shibboleth in the rebirth of the Union, the serious thought of many old residents of color in the District has been given to the establishment of an Oldest Inhabitants Association. It was thought that such an Association, molded upon lines similar, in the main, to those upon which one was formed among white fellow-citizens, could do much toward encouraging a pride of race, as well as of residence, among a people whose long years of sad experiences could not of themselves be expected to stimulate the growth of these ennobling sentiments. The essential work of establishing a presumable equality of being and opportunity having been completed, the Negro made his entrance into civic life as a new creature, rejoicing as some proud victor "at dangers past and conflicts won, " with tales as true and strange and thrilling as ever yet, with merry rhythm or solemn period, were fashioned into an epic for a race, and so the thoughts and hopes of many citizens were crystallized by the fact of organization, mainly through the efforts of Mr. Jerome A. Johnson, when in November, 1912, was formed the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia (Colored). It seemed appropriate and natural that the sixteenth of April should be considered the most important in the calendar of the Association, and so was adopted as its natal day, to be appropriately observed on each recurring anniversary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.