General Macomb Chapter NSDAR

Macomb, Illinois

Chapter Officers

General Macomb Chapter, NSDAR 2025-2026 Officers

CHAPTER PROGRAMS

Date Program
September 2, 2025 Workshop: Using IA
Gen Soc website
Jason Clark & Julie Tierstrip
September 17, 2025 Bells Rung for Constitution Week & Proclamation
Macomb Mayor
September 17-23, 2025 Constitution Week
October 7, 2025 Ladies of the 18th Century and Their Part In the Revolutionary War
Ann Reid
October 10, 2025 DAR Day of Service
Remembrance Garden
November 5, 2025 Elijah Smith Chapter Sons of the American Revolution
Dan Marks
November 11, 2025 Veterans Day
Gift bags to veterans in nursing homes
December 2, 2025 Christmas Tea
New Member & Member Anniversaries
Make & Take Christmas Cards
Bailey Callahan, Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.)
March 8, 2026 Scholarships/Youth Awards
Good Citizens & American History Essay Awards
April 7, 2026 History of Blandinsville
Lori Boyer
May 5, 2026 Awards
Community Service, Scholarship& ROTC Recipients
June 2, 2026 Education Rings the Bell for Liberty
Marria Blinn, Illinois State Regent
June 13, 2026 Flag Day
July 8, 2026 HODARS
August 4, 2026 CELEBRATE 250!!

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