CDXVIIC members from Massachusetts met at the
Storrowton Tavern, Springfield, Massachusetts
in May 2016
The Massachusetts Building on the Big E grounds near the Storrowton Tavern
Colonial Dames 17th Century (CDXVIIC) takes great pride in marking historical sites and buildings.
Here is a list of locations which were marked by Massachusetts CDXVIIC chapters over the years. (Some of these chapters no longer exist today.)
Please contact us to learn about how a historic location in your community can be marked by the CDXVIIC.
To learn more about the Patience Brewster Chapter, please contact ellen_mcgrath@yahoo.com.
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About us:
The Patience Brewster Chapter in Massachusetts was charted in 1988 by Organizing President, Mrs. George Parker.
The National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century (NSCDVIIC) is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Society was organized in July 1915 by Miss Mary Florence Taney, founder, as a non-profit, non-political organization for women.
The object of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century shall be:
to aid in the preservation of the records and of the historic sites of our country;
to foster interest in historical colonial research;
to aid in the education of the youth of our country;
to commemorate the noble and heroic deeds of our ancestors, the founders of our great Republic;
to maintain zealously those high principles of virtue, courage, and patriotism which led to the independence of the colonies and the foundation and establishment of the United States of America;
to maintain a Library of Heraldry and preserve the lineage and Coats of Arms of our Armorial ancestors;
to develop a library specializing in the seventeenth century American colonial data.