Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 2025.068
- Date:
- 1882
- Description:
- Medal. Sons of Temperance medal, 1882, commemorating the 38th annual meeting in Concord, NH, on July 12, 1882. The obverse has an outer band reading "SONS OF TEMPERANCE / ORG. SEP. 29, 1842" enclosing a globe overlain by a triangle bearing the words "LOVE / PURITY / FIDELITY". In the center of the triangle is a radiant Star of David. The reverse reads "38TH / ANNUAL SESSION / CONCORD, / N.H. / JULY 12, 1882". The medal is possibly a copper-nickel alloy.
- Material:
- Copper-Nickel Alloy
- Dimensions:
- Dia-1.313 inches
- Provenance:
- The Sons of Temperance formed in New York in 1842 and spread to New Hampshire by 1847. It remained active into the twentieth century, though at the time that this medal was created the organization was waning in importance compared to the growing Women's Christian Temperance Union, which had formed in 1874 and spread nationwide within the decade.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William W. Upton
- Subjects:
- Temperance
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.