Colonia
a department of Uruguay, on the Plata, below the Ur Uruguay river.
The uplands are barren, but in the fertile valleys and plains are numerous Eu- The uplands are barren, but in the fer- tile valleys and plains are numerous Euand stock-raising. Area, 2,192 square miles; pop. (1917) 82,596. The capital, about 100 miles above Montevideo, has a good harbor. there are associated chapters. To be- come a member one must be especially there are associated chapters. To become a member one must be especially invited, and must have one worthy ancestor who was in the colonies by the year 1750. The object of the society is to preserve historical monuments and formation regarding American history. relics, erect memorials, and publish in- COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA, One of their important publications is ham."
COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA, SOCIETY OF, women's patriotic society founded at New York City in 1890, with the object of fostering a spirit of patricolonial and Revolutionary times, and of celebrating the success of the American colonial and Revolutionary times, and of Revolution. To become a member one celebrating the success of the American must have had an ancestor of distinction year in which the Declaration of Indewho resided in the colonies prior to the ters of the society in New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Paris, San Francisco ters of the society in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Paris, San Francisco and Shreveport, La.