Daughters of the American Revolution in Beech Grove Indiana
Daughters of the American Revolution in Beech Grove Indiana
A hallway traffic stopper was put up in February by the Community Classroom Committee. This committee encourages Daughters’ support of teachers and students in our local schools.
Deborah Sampson, the only woman to earn a full military pension for participation in the Revolutionary War visited Samuel Bryan Chapter’s first meeting of 2023 to tell her fascinating story! She told us about a desire to serve so strong that she disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff
Samuel Bryan Chapter celebrated our 32-year Chapter Anniversary with an Awards Ceremony, Luncheon, and Holiday Cheer. Many members and “HODARS” (husbands of daughters) were in attendance despite the cold weather. The 2022 Good Citizen Awards and scholarship were awarded to two amazing local students. Olivia Jackson of Roncalli High School
Samuel Bryan Chapter was gifted a number of Bibles in large print, which we then donated to several different groups and individuals in Central Indiana. Our Chaplain Elaine Rainey headed up this effort and was able to find homes for over 100 new Bibles. Many went to area Senior Living
Members of the Samuel Bryan Chapter, NSDAR gathered together with the City of Beech Grove to honor our Veterans in a Veteran’s Day Service at City Hall. The Mayor of Beech Grove welcomed everyone to the service with a posting of the Colors by the American Legion Post 276. An
Mary Bryan Chapter, NSDAR hosted a multi-chapter meeting with Indiana State Regent Cherie Bonebright Baxter as their guest speaker. Daughters from several different area Chapters were in attendance to hear from their State Speaker, join in fellowship, and partake of some delicious refreshments provided by Mary Bryan Chapter.
The Samuel Bryan Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NDAR) 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,
The Samuel Bryan Chapter Book Club met recently to discuss their reading selection for this quarter’s title: “The Pioneers” by David McCullough. “The Pioneers” by David McCullough is a non-fiction book that tells the story of the first pioneers who settled in the Ohio Territory, which was then considered the
At our October Chapter meeting, in recognition of NSDAR’s “Founders Day”, Sammie’s girls conducted a “Service-in-Seconds” activity assembling packages to donate to Pets Healing Vets. Pets Healing Vets is an organization whose mission is to improve the emotional well-being of Hoosier veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic
