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I am honored to announce that National Defense Night will feature two distinguished speakers! We are delighted to welcome Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, US Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans & Strategy and General Norton Schwartz, US Air Force (ret.), Former Chief of Staff of the US...
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I have been richly blessed in so many ways. As Father’s Day approaches, I am reflecting on the blessing of a wonderful father, Byron Forney. He was tall, handsome, a hard worker and loved being a surrogate dad to the neighborhood children. He met my mom when he returned to...
A significant birthday for the USA is fast approaching...it is June 14, 2014 which will be Flag Day. On this date we commemorate the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States by resolution of the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. Over the...
On May 16 th, I flew from D.C. the morning after the Historic Preservation Awards to Birmingham, AL where I was met by my husband, Steve. We drove to Grant, AL arriving at Kate Duncan Smith DAR School in time for lunch. Unfortunately, we missed the Awards Day program Friday...
The 109th Maryland Conference convened in Hunt Valley, Maryland on March 20, 2014, Linda Mistler, State Regent. With a theme of “Volunteerism is the Heart of our Society” and an emblem of Minute Men, we were all reminded of the importance of Maryland in the Revolutionary War. According to some...
We have a spectacular Opening Night of Congress planned for you and I’m so pleased to give you a sneak peek! What better way to launch our 123 rd Continental Congress than with an evening celebrating exceptional storytellers who help to bring history alive for us. Our keynote speaker brings...
After the North Carolina conference, I met my husband in Naples, FL where he was attending a conference. The beautiful beach and water were so alluring that we enjoyed parasailing the first afternoon. We were 800 feet in the air and enjoyed a fabulous view of the area. I returned...
We are really starting to ramp up for Continental Congress! I can’t wait to welcome many of you to Washington, D.C. later this month and hope you will enjoy all we have in store for you this year. To help get you excited for Congress and to keep you informed...
After a few days in the office, I flew from Washington on May 1 st to the Raleigh-Durham, NC area for the 114 th North Carolina Conference, Peggy Carney Troxell, State Regent. With a theme of “From the Mountains to the Sea; Celebrating our Rich North Carolina History” each event...
I left the New Jersey State Conference early on April 26 th to fly to Pittsburgh where I was greeted by State Regent Bobbi McMullen’s husband, Joe, and daughter, Cathie Rutledge. Bobbi’s theme is “Our Heritage, Our Members, Our Future” and the theme of the 117 th state conference was...