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Frank Grimball, who then was about to become president of the South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, came to Washington in January 2014 to meet with President General Ross Perry and Executive Director Jack Warren to explore how
the South Carolina Society might work more effectively with the General Society to promote our common goals—and he has energetically promoted the connection between South Carolina and the General Society ever since. He has been an advocate, supporter, and leader in an impressive list of American Revolution Institute initiatives in South Carolina.
The result has been a strong relationship based on good fellowship and a shared commitment to the aims of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati. Believing that visiting Anderson House is crucial for new members, Frank launched a program to bring new members of the South Carolina Society to Anderson House for a weekend of fellowship and an opportunity to learn about our mission to perpetuate the memory of the American Revolution.
A Charleston lawyer who specializes in construction defect resolution, Frank’s first formal role with the General Society was as chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee in 2016- 2019, a job that involves communicating effectively with constituent society leaders about the management of the state suites and dealing with the complicated decisions involved in the maintenance of Anderson House, including, during his tenure, the replacement of the massive mahogany gates at the front of the house. Frank loves being at Anderson House, particularly when it is full of our members. He holds dear the importance of having fun while working hard.
He feels blessed by and is grateful for the deep friendships he has developed.
At Frank’s suggestion, President General Jonathan Woods created an ad hoc committee to consider
the future of Triennials, including ways to finance them more effectively and to ensure that delegates and alternate delegates—the governors of the Society under the Institution adopted in 1783— understand their responsibilities and have an opportunity to contribute to the governance of the Society as our founders intended. Frank is working to implement the committee’s recommendations as co-chairman of the 2022 Triennial, which will be held in Charleston. He is committed to incorporat- ing the mission of the Institute into the Triennial.
Frank and his charming wife, Capers, live in Mount Pleasant, just over the Cooper River from downtown Charleston and a short distance from the site of Fort Sullivan, where South Carolina patriots repulsed a Royal Navy flotilla on June 28, 1776. Frank is the great-great-great-great grandson of Major Lewis Morris IV, a son of Lewis Morris III, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris, a draftsman of the Federal Constitution. A native of New York, Morris narrowly avoided capture at the Battle of Brooklyn and was wounded at the Battle of Princeton. Morris served as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan and later to General Nathanael Greene. He distinguished himself in Greene’s campaign to liberate South Carolina from British control.
Frank’s family ties to the story of the American Revolution enrich his determination to make the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati a success. Frank explains that he is “appalled by the attacks on our forefathers and the efforts to minimize why they went to war and what they accomplished . . . this is due to ignorance caused by the failures of our schools and colleges.” When the founders of the Society adopted the Immutable Principles, Frank says, “they recognized the dangers ignorance posed to these United States.” He has embraced the Institute and is passionate about its mission recognizing that it is vital to reverse this course.
Treasurer General Francis Ellerbe Grimball
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