General Macomb Chapter NSDAR

Macomb, Illinois

Chapter Officers

General Macomb Chapter, NSDAR 2022-2023 Officers

CHAPTER PROGRAMS

Date Program
September 2025 State Regent Visit - Illinois Honors America 250!
September 17-23, 2025 Constitution Week
October 7, 2025 DAR Day of Service: Volunteer Project
October 11, 2025 DAR Day of Service: Chapter Collection Project
November 2025 A Veteran’s Story
November 11, 2025 Veterans Day
December 2025 George Rogers Clark
January 2026 Women’s Mental Health Treatment: Now & Then
February 2026 Revolutionary War Women
March 2026 DAR Good Citizens and American History Essay Awards; Flag Etiquette
April 2026 Bees and Flowers
May 2026 Annual Meeting; History of TAPS
May 7, 2026 National Day of Prayer

CHAPTER HISTORY

The General Macomb Chapter NSDAR was admitted to the National Society April 11, 1910, and the first meeting was held at the home of Clara Kern Bayliss on May 28 of that year with twelve members present, only three officers being elected: Regent, Clara Bayliss; Secretary, Isabelle Tunnicliff; Registrar, Eva Stocker. Meetings were held three times a year.

The charter members were as follows:

Emma Applegate
Elizabeth Lisle Bacon
Clara Kern Bayliss
Clara A. Chandler
Tessa Beaver
Mattie Downing
Mary C. Eads
Anna Knappenberger
Eva H. Stocker
Isabelle Tunnicliff
Emma C. Watson
Anna Vose