In The Year 2000
The objects of the Society shall be to celebrate anniversaries of events connected with the settlement of Pennsylvania which occurred prior to 1700; to collect, preserve, and publish records and documents, printed or in manuscript, relating to the early history of our Commonwealth; and to reaffirm and to perpetuate both the spiritual idealism and the gracious living of our Colonial Forefathers, to the end that their contributions to establish the American way of life shall be remembered and exalted.
In The Year 1896
The object of the Society shall be to celebrate anniversaries of events connected with the settlement of Pennsylvania which occurred prior to 1700; to collect, preserve, and publish records and documents, printed or in manuscript, relating to the early history of that Colony; and to perpetuate the memory of the early settlers of the American Colonies.
Governor’s Star
Evan Randolph, President of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1951, commissioned the Governor’s Insignia of the Society and presented it to Frank Worthington Melvin, the first Governor of the Society, at the Annual Meeting of 1951.
