"Sons of Liberty" Bicentennial Quilt by Della May Morris, 1976

Pictorial quilt

1976

Handmade by Della M. Morris in Arcadia, Kansas.

On Loan - Lorenzo Cultural Center

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Della M. Morris

SONS OF LIBERTY/BICENTENNIAL QUILT MADE 1976/BY DELLA MORRIS AGE 68/DEDICATED TO GRANDSON/SHANNON LEE MORRIS AGE 10. Inscriptions in blocks beginning top left hand: 1) PAUL REVERE'S RIDE/APRIL 18, 1775; 2) THOMAS JEFFERSON/WRITING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; 3) PATRICK HENRY SPOKE MARCH 23, 1775/"GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH"; 4) THEY SIGNED FOR FREEDOM/JULY - 1776/FRANKLIN, ADAMS,JEFFERSON, AND HANCOCK; 5) BOSTON TEA PARTY/DEC. 16, 1773; 6) WASHINGTON AND LAFAYETTE VIEW/THE SURRENDER OF THE BRITISH AT/YORKTOWN OCT. 19, 1781; 7) WASHINGTON/VON STEUBEN/SCHUYLKILL R./VALLEY FORGE/WINTER 1777-1778/THE SOLDIERS IN RAGS. SOME WITHOUT SHOES LEFT BLOODY FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW; 8) BATTLE OF SARATOGA OCT. 17, 1777/BRITISH GENERAL BURGOYNE SURRENDERED/TO GENERAL GATES. AFTER THIS BATTLE/FRANCE JOINED THE WAR AGAINST/ENGLAND; 9) WASHINGTON CROSSING/THE DELAWARE/DEC.25, 1777; 10) WASHINGTON TAKING COMMAND OF/THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AT/CAMBRIDGE MASS. JULY 3, 1775/MRS. DELLA MAY MORRIS/ RR 2 BOX 239/ARCADIA KANSAS/WALNUT GRANGE NO. 199; 11)BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN PARIS; 12) SERAPIS/BONHOMME RICHARD/CAPTAIN PEARSON/"HAS YOUR SHIP STRUCK?"/JOHN PAUL JONES/"I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT";/13) PEACE TREATY SIGNED IN PARIS SEPT. 3, 1783/14) INDEPENDENCE HALL; 15) JUNE 17, 1775/BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL/COLONEL PRESCOTT, "DON'T FIRE TILL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES"/CHARLES RIVER/SOMERSET/LIVELY/FALCON; 16) BETSY ROSS; 17) FIGHTING AT CONCORD BRIDGE; 18) LEXINGTON APRIL 19, 1775/THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD.