[3] "Old Glory", lyrics by Tilton, set to the tune of "Dixie", was the national song of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.).

[4][5] Lydia Priscilla Heath[6] was born in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, July 10, 1839.

He died during a Session of Conference in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1852, leaving a widow and eight children.

[8][7] As a newspaper correspondent and as a writer of occasional poems, Tilton developed a large circle of literary friends.

[1][2] Tilton served as the Corresponding Secretary[10] and the Superintendent of Temperance Instruction of the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Washington, D.C.[11] Subsequently, she served as the national legislative secretary of the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, being active in its work.