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On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, I flew from Houston to Los Angeles where Sandy Pollack, Director of Development, was kind enough to drive me to Burbank for the 107th California State Conference, Carol Oakley Jackson, State Regent. The conference theme was “Celebrate Service to God, Home and Country.” Carol’s emblem...
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After being away from home for most of the last six weeks, it was a joy to spend the Easter weekend with my family. I returned home Thursday evening just in time to see the last inning of Cade’s baseball game and to catch up with Lindsey’s family. Driving to...
After a brief visit to the Texas State Conference, I departed very early on Friday, March 6 th and flew to Albuquerque for the 95th New Mexico State Conference, Jacquelyn Chase, State Regent. Despite my delayed flight, Vice President General Zadeea Harris and the conference guests from Colorado, First Vice...
Broderie perse, night-blooming cereus and watermelons share a completely reasonable relationship when you are talking about quilts. Particularly the ones on exhibit in Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia, featuring dozens of masterpiece quilts from DAR Museum’s collection. In support of the exhibition, museum staff organized a...
On Friday, February 27, 2015, I flew from Houston to Las Vegas to attend the 90 th Nevada state conference, Lynda Morrison-Rader, State Regent. As Nevada has two major metropolitan areas, Las Vegas and Reno/Lake Tahoe, their meetings alternate annually in the north and south. There are over 700 members...
For the past few years, NSDAR has exhibited at both the FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) and NGS (National Genealogical Society) conferences. These conferences are a great way to promote membership and interest in the DAR as well as to illustrate to the genealogical community the value of DAR’s tremendous...
I am so thrilled to tell you that the solar panel array on the roof of DAR Constitution Hall has won a prestigious industry award! APS America, a company that offers advanced, powerful solar microinverter technology for commercial and residential systems, asked its partners to submit their best, most outstanding...
On February 20, 2015, I flew to Guadalajara, Mexico where I was greeted by Janet Fry, State Regent, and Mary Lu Saavedra, Honorary Vice President General, who drove us to Ajijic (Ah-he-he) on the banks of Lake Chapala for the 39th Mexico State Conference. Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest fresh...
On February 11, 2015, my husband and I flew from Houston to Honolulu for the 92nd State Conference, Mary Ellen Smith, State Regent. State Chaplain Pauline Wagnon greeted us at the airport with leis and took us to our hotel. Unfortunately, I had injured my knee a few days prior...
It may feel like this winter will never end, but I promise warmer weather is just around the corner and with it the 124 th Continental Congress! This Congress is particularly special as we begin our celebrations of the 125 th anniversary of the DAR and the wonderful work our...