Our Chapter

On October 15, 1908, the Council of Safety Chapter was organized with twelve charter members, under the leadership of Mrs. Josie Putnam Simmons, the Organizing Regent. The name “Council of Safety” was deemed especially appropriate, as a number of the charter members’ ancestors had served on the Council of Safety in Savannah prior to the American Revolution.

In 1899, the Colonial Dames placed a bronze tablet on the building that marks the site of Tondee’s Tavern. Here, the Council of Safety held weekly meetings on Monday mornings, and here, on July 14, 1775, the Provincial Congress assembled and formally severed the tie of allegiance between the Colony and the Crown. Thus, the Chapter has a very real and lasting interest in the name “Council of Safety.”