Keep the dream alive

 

Remembering those who served.

 

Never forget our Vietnam Veterans!

 

Still making masks to keep people safe.

 

Making Others Safe

 

Daughters of the American Revolution are still making face masks 

and other PPE items to help those in need 

during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

DAR volunteers making a difference.

DAR volunteers across the country are busy making face masks. They are really making a difference in this pandemic.

We can do this!  

March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Day

Remembering a forgotten Veteran.

This past summer, when working on the restoration of Soloman's Temple Cemetery in Vonore, TN it was discovered that a forgotten veteran of the Civil War was buried there, without a grave marker. A stone was ordered and, at no cost, was installed by White's Marble, a local monument company. The soldier was part of the "Colored Military" who fought for the North. He survived the war and lived to be 90 years old. Let's remember James McGhee this Veterans Day.

In the 11th month, on the 11th day at 11:00.....

Daughters of the American Revolution Medallion was added to the gravestone of our founder, Annie Rhea Clark.

New look for Tennessee Society of Daughters of the American Revolution - Wimberley Administration

A Season of Service to God, Home and Country

For everything there is a season and a time

for every purpose under heaven. Eccl. 3:1 

New logo for NSDAR

Finally... Spring

International Women's Day is March 8th

Celebrate women everywhere!

Our December Meeting - helping to feed the hungry

Our December meeting at the beautifully decorated home of Marcia Long. We each brought canned goods and other non-perishable food items to deliver to the Sweetwater Area Ministry to help feed the hungry.

East Tennessee Foundation grant from CNS Y-12 Community Investment Fund!

On the evening of November 15 we participated in the Awards Reception in Oak Ridge, TN for the Soloman's Temple Cemetery Restoration Project. Jane Yates and Caren Lorelle accepted the check from the East Tennessee Foundation's CNS Y-12 Community Investment Fund. Second photo shows Caren Lorelle with Paula Roddy-Roche who provided terrific support with her site visit and excellent report. Work starts next week. So excited!

Constitution Week 2018

Hooray for Harry T. Burn!

On August 18 it seemed as if the anti-suffragists had enough votes to delay a 19th amendment vote after Burn arrived wearing a red rose and voted to table the amendment.

When another representative, Banks Turner, switched sides during the roll call, leaving the vote deadlocked. Suffragists needed one more vote to make the 19th Amendment the law of the land. Early in the voting, Burn, who came from a conservative district and wore the red rose on his lapel, said in a very clear voice “aye” when asked if he would vote to ratify the amendment. Burn had a letter in his pocket from his mother Febb E. Burn, in which she asked him to “be a good boy” and vote for the amendment. When Turner also voted in favor of the ratification, the 70-year-old battle for suffrage was over. Notice the yellow roses on the statue; suffragists wore yellow roses.

“I knew that a mother’s advice is always safest for a boy to follow and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification,” he said. “I appreciated the fact that an opportunity such as seldom comes to a mortal man to free 17 million women from political slavery was mine.”

Harry's mother, Febb E. Burn then said she was pressured in person by the governor of Louisiana’s wife to recant the letter and say it was a fraud. She refused to do so.