{"id":20,"date":"2018-03-12T12:40:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2020-02-27T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:50:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-250 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cushnoc-Trade-House-seal-v2-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cushnoc-Trade-House-seal-v2-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cushnoc-Trade-House-seal-v2.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nKoussinoc Chapter NSDAR was named after the ancient Indian name of &#8220;Cushnoc&#8221;, which was interpreted \u201cThe sacred site beside rippling waters.\u201d Another definition is &#8220;head of tide,&#8221; meaning the tide runs no higher up the Kennebec River.\u00a0 From the years 1628 to 1662, the Pilgrim Fathers of Plymouth maintained a prosperous trading post at this place; and its ancient name appears in the Jesuit relations of 1652, where the old French writer speaks of \u201cThe English who dwelt at Koussinoc.\u201d Here the natives and traders, among them Governor Bradford, John Alden, and Miles Standish, ran their boats up the Kennebec (Long River) for barter.<\/p>\n<p>Koussinoc Chapter NSDAR was organized December 17, 1897, with 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/charter-members\/\"><strong>charter members<\/strong><\/a>. Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/historic-preservation\/\"><strong>Historic Preservation<\/strong><\/a> page for information on markers our chapter has placed. Learn about our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/patriots\/\">Patriots<\/a><\/strong>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/revolutionary-soldiers\/\"><strong>Revolutionary War soldiers<\/strong><\/a> who lived, died, or were buried in Augusta, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to historic preservation, our chapter is involved with the remaining NSDAR objectives: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/education\/\"><strong>education<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/patriotism\/\"><strong>patriotism<\/strong><\/a>. Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/gallery\/\"><strong>activities<\/strong> <\/a>of the Koussinoc Chapter NSDAR. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/patriots\/\"><strong>Browse our list of Patriots<\/strong><\/a> our chapter members have joined under \u2014 is your Patriot listed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koussinoc Chapter NSDAR was named after the ancient Indian name of &#8220;Cushnoc&#8221;, which was interpreted \u201cThe sacred site beside rippling waters.\u201d Another definition is &#8220;head of tide,&#8221; meaning the tide runs no higher up the Kennebec River.\u00a0 From the years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/koussinoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}