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On Thursday, May 7, 2015, I flew from Calgary to Phoenix for the 113 th Arizona State Conference, State Regent Gillian Morse. I was warmly greeted at the airport by Vice President General Danna Koelling and National Chair of Pages Laura Boyd. The theme of the Conference was “Celebrate America...
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After two wonderful days with the New Caledonia Chapter members, Virginia Lingelbach and I flew from Vancouver to Calgary on May 5 th to visit the Heritage Chapter. As we exited Customs, we were startled to be pulled aside by an airport official. My first thought was that they had...
On Sunday, May 3, Virginia Lingelbach, Lanabeth Horgen, and I took the Victoria Clipper from Seattle to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The scenery along the Strait of Juan de Fuca was gorgeous with snow capped mountains peaking above the lush greenery. The trip took less than 3 hours and we...
I am excited to tell you about a special opportunity for members planning to be at Congress later this month! As they say, baseball is America’s pastime, so we have arranged a fun extra-curricular activity for members to participate in during the week of Congress. DAR has worked with the...
Last week we said goodbye to a woman we loved very much, my mother-in-law, Geneva Kornegay Young. Geneva was a beautiful woman, inside and out, full of joy with a gift for storytelling. She was the youngest daughter of nine children and was raised within a few miles of our...
I am so excited to tell you about another new addition to the GRS! An index of the Bible records from the GRC Reports can now be found in a new “Bibles” tab in the GRS here: www.dar.org/grs/bibleindex. The new Bible Record Index contains unique information that researchers today may...
I left the hotel in Montana at 4:30 AM on Friday, May 1 st, to fly to the 114 th Washington State Conference, Carol Jean Gaffney, State Regent. Honorary Vice President General Beverly Bills and my personal page Jennifer Schmidt accompanied me from the airport to Redmond, just outside of...
Yesterday morning as Steve and I sat on the porch drinking coffee and watching the hummingbirds, we relished the peaceful tranquility and the cool breeze. What a contrast to the morning of June 6, 1944 in which thousands of men stormed the beaches at Normandy, only to fall before reaching...
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, I flew from Houston through Salt Lake City to my destination of Butte, Montana, where I was warmly greeted by Past Vice President General Ivy Huntsman and Honorary State Regent JoAnn Piazzola. After enjoying a salad topped with huckleberries for lunch, JoAnn provided a driving...
Early on Saturday, April 25, I flew from Salt Lake City to Denver for the 112th Colorado State Conference, Marcy Storlie Kimmanau, State Regent. First Vice President General Ann Dillon, Vice President General Gale Crafton and my page, Heather Miller, greeted me at the Denver airport. Colorado earned its Centennial...