AA group founded in Washington DC founded in,
on, or near Oct 26 1939. AA referred four
alcoholics to Fitz and one of them was Harden C.

"The first contacts between Fitz and Harden C.
marks the beginning of AA in Washington DC."

The Washington Group: Foundations 1936 - 1941
P. 28 Revised and Expanded Edition Printed 1995
(WAIA) Archives Project Washington DC

Bill W recalling Fitz working with alcoholics
in DC in 1936. A.A. Fact sheet 14 p.6

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From G.C. the moderator: I am putting "October
28 or 29, 1939" on the Master List for the
date of the first AA meeting in Washington DC,
based on this document:

http://www.aa-dc.org/

http://aa-dc.org/waia/Wash-Book-21Oct2008.pdf

(page 31)
"When Fitz moved to Washington, he became the
southernmost representative of Alcoholics
Anonymous, and he was therefore responsible for
the territory south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Two of the four inquiries that were referred
to him came from Washington, one came from lower
Virginia, and one from North Carolina. One of
the Washington drunks referred to Fitz by this
letter was Hardin C. The first contact between
Fitz and Hardin C, marks the beginning of the
Washington Group. From this meeting of two men,
the Washington Group grew and continued to
expand over the decades."

"The date of the meeting was two or three days
after Fitz received the letter from New York
dated October 26, 1939. If the mail took two
days to arrive from New York, then the date
of the founding of the Washington Group was
October 28, 1939."

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In a message dated 7/16/2009,
jlobdell54@... writes:

On Wash DC it's the boys of '39 (and Nov at
that) tho' Florence and Fitz tried independently
in 1937 or 1938, apparently. The 1995 WAIA
History is on the net w/o footnotes, tho'
some letters are quoted. The Maryland Archives
I saw at Minneapolis in 2000 have some letters
from Ned F., but I don't recall if they have
anything useful.