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Mary Martha Reid Stained Glass
Window, dedicated January 14, 1900, St. Peters Episcopal Church Fernandina, Florida
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The
Martha Reid
is Florida's
oldest UDC chapter. It was first organized, May 12, 1892, as the Confederate Home
Association, a women's group who's purpose was to
establish a home for "aged and disabled" Confederate soldiers
and sailors in Jacksonville. It became a charter of the newly formed United Daughters of the
Confederacy, as Jacksonville Chapter # 19, on November 7, 1895
and in January, 1897, was renamed
Martha Reid Chapter # 19.
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Chapter
named in honor of:
Mary
Martha Smith Reid
(September 29, 1812 -
June 24, 1894)
Confederate
Nurse,
Matron
of the Florida Hospital, Richmond, Virginia
Motto:
"Think, Love, Pray, Dare, Live."
Flower:
Cotton Boll
Why I Am a Daughter of the Confederacy
I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a Daughter of the
Confederacy. A part of my heritage was that I came into this world with the
blood of a soldier in my veins...a soldier who may have had nothing more to
leave behind to me and to those who come after me except in heritage...a
heritage so rich in honor and glory that it far surpasses any material wealth
that could be mine. But it is mine, to cherish, to nurture and to make grace,
and to pass along to those yet to come. I am, therefore, a Daughter of the
Confederacy because it is my birthright.
I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I have an obligation to perform.
Like the man in the Bible, I was given a talent and it is my duty to do
something about it. That is why I've joined a group of ladies whose birthright
is the same as mine...an organization which has for its purpose the continuance
and furtherance of the true history of the South and the ideals of southern
womanhood as embodied in its Constitution.
I am a member of The United Daughters of the Confederacy because I feel it
would greatly please my ancestor to know that I am a member. It would please him
to know that I appreciate what he did and delight his soldier love to know that
I do not consider the cause which he held so dear to be lost or forgotten.
Rather, I am extremely proud of the fact that he was a part of it and was
numbered among some of the greatest and bravest men which any such cause ever
produced.
I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I can no more help being a
Daughter of the Confederacy than I can help being an American, and I feel that I
was greatly favored by inheriting a birthright for both.
Written by Mary Nowlin Moon (Mrs. John)
A member of Kirkwood Otey Chapter 10, Lynchburg, Virginia
First read at a Chapter meeting on June 2, 1915
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Confederacy®
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