Show restoration OF SULGRAVE MANOR people of prominence of both england and america are identified with the un der taking LINGS 0 of nations ns as of ands vl vi duals change with nith the passing of time and the animosities of yesterday are burled buried in the bonds of friendship and close alliance today this Is strikingly illustrated in tile die present attitude of england to aard the united states public men ind newspapers are insisting that the events leading up to tile the and the war of 1812 did not reflect he spirit of the british people but were dup dun to tile the influence of En glands german hangs and that whatever prejudices have existed since have been the result of misunderstanding nd ing caused by differences in customs and ant tile tiie reconciliation movement began before the lie outbreak of the european Curo penn war its first noticeable manifestation was a projected celebration of the een centennial tennial of peace between english iti leaking ng nations it was given im exterior of brington arington Br ington church chere there are lemorl Is 1 tho the tetus petus t etus by the stress of 0 war and tile the desire of great britain for or Ame american tid rid in the struggle against germany to make friendship visible but the thing that will make the between uie two nations visible as it wore ere to the people of 0 both sides has been propos proposed cd by the london telegraph it Is tile the restoration equipment and maintenance of 0 sulgrave manor the ancestral anc etral home if f the washington family as a museum and depository of documentary pictorial and other records of anglo american relations it is intended also that it shall he be a rendezvous for all americans visiting europe a sort of unofficial clearing house for tourists with the added attraction of sentiment such as attaches to the grae crate of washington at mount vernon or the lie home of shakespeare fit at stratford abe telegraph has started a fund of 1250 00 to carry out its plan the first subscription recoiled was as for from king george and the list includes many of the best known names in angland and america for legal purposes a holding company to lo be known as the sulgrave institution has hag been founded the board of governors which has charge of tile washington manor house is constituted as follows john AV davis american ambassador to great britain chairman lord beardale Wc We ardale treasurer 11 II S 11 erris secretary the marquis of crewe karl earl curzon of Ked kelleston kedleston leston earl bar spencer viscount arce viscount cow cov cowdray dray sir william mather sir sidney lee sir sam pay fay sir harry BrItt brittain aln robert P skinner united states consul general the rev dr J fort newton the mayor of northampton robert kacon bacon former american ambassador to france joseph G butler jr W curtis demorest J pierpont rier pont morgan gen T coleman du pont font john A Ste stew Aart art a member of the american peace centenary cent inary committee maj gen leonard wood robert donald J L garvin bolm blair macafore Maca Alne afee foe mrs john V davis dails lady arthur herbert lady lee of bareham fareham rare Fare hara ham mrs woodhull martin maron lady paget and dr C stewart davison Dav lson on site of old priory the manor house at sulgrave northampton stands on the site of a 0 pre reformation priory of the monks ut of st andrew in 1538 the property as granted by king henry VIII to lawrence washington mayor of northampton whose great grandson Is reputed to have been tile the grent great grand father of george washington hirton first pre president aident of the united states lind the general under whose leadership the american colonists forced x ecob altion of ct independence from great britain an ii the lie main doorway are the washington arms said to have been lie hie origin of the Amp american rican national lem the royal tudor arin 4 are anre kli to ho be seen keen on oil ix ba reit gable |