Samuel Bryan Chapter

Honor Your Veteran with a Banner on Main Street

Join Us in Honoring our Veterans

Banners will be displayed on Main Street in Beech Grove during the month of 

March 2024.

Each banner will include the name, rank, years and branch of service , and a photo of a veteran who served.

Forty-Two Banners will be displayed on Main Street. After display, the banners will be presented to the donor or veteran as a memento. The original photo will be returned.

Banners from previous years can be rehung (based on availability) for a rehanging fee.

60th Anniversary of Indiana State Poem

The Samuel Bryan Chapter, NSDAR would like to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Indiana State Poem. The poem was written by Arthur Franklin Mapes, a Hoosier poet from Kendallville, Indiana, who lived between 16 March 1913 and January 4, 1986. Among his works is the poem “Indiana,” which was adopted as the Official State Poem of Indiana in 1963.
 
 

Indiana Code: IC 1-2-5-1

Sec. 1. The poem of Arthur Franklin Mapes, Kendallville, Indiana, the title and text of which are set forth in full as a part of this section, is hereby adopted as Indiana’s official poem. It reads as follows:

INDIANA

God crowned her hills with beauty,
Gave her lakes and winding streams,
Then He edged them all with woodlands
As the setting for our dreams.
Lovely are her moonlit rivers,
Shadowed by the sycamores,
Where the fragrant winds of Summer
Play along the willowed shores.
I must roam those wooded hillsides,
I must heed the native call,
For a pagan voice within me
Seems to answer to it all.
I must walk where squirrels scamper
Down a rustic old rail fence,
Where a choir of birds is singing
In the woodland . . . green and dense.
I must learn more of my homeland
For it’s paradise to me,
There’s no haven quite as peaceful,
There’s no place I’d rather be.
Indiana . . . is a garden
Where the seeds of peace have grown,
Where each tree, and vine, and flower
Has a beauty . . . all its own.
Lovely are the fields and meadows,
That reach out to hills that rise
Where the dreamy Wabash River

Wanders on . . . through paradise.

Samuel Bryan Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), is located in Beech Grove, Indiana. Our chapter focuses on promoting patriotism, historic preservation, and education. Each member is a descendant of a patriot of the American Revolutionary War.

Patriotism

DAR members’ love of country is evident in the multitude of patriotic endeavors they pursue.

preservation

DAR members participate in an array of projects to help preserve our cultural heritage.

Education

DAR members are passionate about educating the youth of America and contributing to schools and student programs in a variety of ways.

Samuel Bryan Chapter

My Patriot's heart beats red, white and blue.

Welcome to the Samuel Bryan Chapter website! Our chapter was established on December 6, 1990, in Indianapolis, at the home of Janet Cowen with organizing regent Margaret Zavodny, and twenty-six charter members. Our chapter name proudly recognizes American Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Bryan, who came to Southport, Indiana in the 1820s with his wife and family.

For over twenty-five years, Samuel Bryan Chapter has engaged in a variety of projects and activities in our community that preserves our heritage, promotes the education of our youth, and honors our veterans. We meet monthly throughout the year in Beech Grove, Indiana. Our chapter welcomes your interest, and perhaps you may qualify for membership in this wonderful service organization. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you would like to learn more about membership and need assistance in researching your American Revolutionary War patriot, we encourage you to contact us!

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