Pennsylvania State Visit

"Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, May your future be, filled with honor everlasting as your history." I had such a fantastic time visiting with State Regent Marguerite Fritsch and the lovely Pennsylvania Daughters! It was amazing to learn about all the work they are doing to further our mission all across the Keystone State. There was time for fun too - "handbag bingo" was enjoyed by all and the funds went to support a good cause! Special thanks to my Personal Page, Elizabeth Ciarocchi, and Sandra Pollack for providing my transportation. Thank you for inviting me to join your fall meeting to bloom and sparkle through love of service to God, Home and Country!

-Pamela Wright, President General

The Sparkle was in FULL bloom recently at the Pennsylvania Fall meeting with all our amazing, dedicated, dynamic, Daisies. It was an honor to host our wonderful 
DAR President General, Pamela Rouse Edwards Wright to Pennsylvania and show her our Love of Service to God, Home, and Country! 

The weekend started with a relaxed State Board of Management dinner with our special guest. Next, the Development Committee hosted a beautiful Heritage Club Reception. Each guest had a photo with the President General and me. It was an honor for me to stand with so many special Daughters to say thank you for their generosity to DAR. Thank you to Sandra Pollack for coordinating this event. The evening ended with some Junior fun! The Junior Membership, Historic Preservation and State Archives committees teamed up to host “Bag Bingo.” The competition was fierce for the fifty designer handbags. Funds raised are supporting the State Junior Membership project to digitize and preserve the precious history of the state society. The Juniors are ready to start the first phase of the project to digitize the State Conference Proceedings from 1950 to present into a searchable database.

We were excited to welcome the DAR Insignia Pop-Up Store to spread more DAR Bling! It was an honor to host the Pennsylvania Cable Network to our Fall Meeting. They partnered with us to produce and air an episode of "Saving History,” featuring our state project. The State Society has committed to the preservation and restoration of Old Sweds Cemetery, Chester, Pennsylvania. This is the final resting place of John Morton, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. His vote tipped the Pennsylvania delegation and the final vote toward independence. He is the only Signer from Pennsylvania buried in a site that has been neglected for generations. PSSDAR has committed to changing that designation. The work started with ground penetrating radar to identify the graves and headstones that could be saved. Forty headstones have been raised, with sixty more identified to be replaced in the upright position. We hosted a DAR Day of Service on October 11th at the cemetery to learn and participate, firsthand in our project.

The fabulous Fall Meeting concluded by recognizing our DAR Leadership Training graduates, past and present Nurses in honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Amry Nurse Corps, and the chapters who have received 100% participation in the President General’s Project. Everyone left reenergized in our DAR ties of Service and Friendship and Love of Service to God, Home, and Country!