Springfield
Chapter members attended the Rose Garden Dedication at the Illinois
Governor’s Mansion on May 10, 2019.
The Illinois State Organization NSDAR donated to replant the Rose
Garden at the recently renovated Illinois Governor’s Mansion in
Springfield, Illinois.
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November 17,
2018 Chapter members pose with 3784 mascara
wands collected for their Wands For Wildlife conservation project.
Wands For Wildlife is a program through Appalachian Wildlife Refuge in
North Carolina that uses recycled mascara wands to remove fly eggs and
larva from the fur of wild animals.
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May
12, 2018 Springfield Chapter Conservation
Chair Lynda Kerstein presented the NSDAR Conservation Award to Brenda
Larison at our annual meeting. Ms. Larison has a passion for
Monarch butterflies. Brenda has volunteered extensively through
her Monarch programs, and milkweed giveaway to increase awareness about
the decline of the Monarch population. Many have benefited including
the Monarch species itself.
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March
23, 2018 NSDAR chapters host a reception following each
Naturalization Ceremony at the Old State Capitol in Springfield,
Illinois.
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Springfield Chapter, Abraham Lincoln
Chapter and Sargent Caleb Hopkins hosted the most recent
reception. Gale Meyer represented Springfield Chapter and is pictured in
the middle
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17, 2018 Regent Betsy Weidner with our 2018 Good Citizens
scholarship
winner, Cheyenne Kesselring. Cheyenne attends A-C Central High
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We are so proud of chapter member
Patricia Hopkins Price for serving as Illinois District V Director for
2015-2017. Patricia has been an active member of our chapter
since 1999 and has served on the board of Springfield Chapter as
treasurer, first vice regent and regent.
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September 17, 2016: New member Becky
Miller takes her turn ringing the bell to commemorate the anniversary
of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
Chapter members
started to ring the bell at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at 3:00
P.M., ringing it once for each year since 1787.
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Chapter members helped celebrate the
125th anniversary of the founding of DAR by participating in the
National DAR Day
of Service, October 11, 2015. The chapter held a baby shower to
benefit Kumler Methodist Ministries. Kumler provides newborn
layettes to local hospitals. Pictured left to right: Susan
Beard, chapter regent; Kay James, event coordinator.
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Our September 2014 program was "The
Lincoln Funeral Train Recreation". Chapter member Shirley
Davison is holding a replica of the original flag, made by Annin
Flagmakers, that draped Abraham Lincoln's coffin as it traveled across
the country in route to Springfield in 1865. In May 2015, this 36
star flag made specifically for the Lincoln Funeral Re-enactment by
Annin Flagmakers will be used to drape the coffin.
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Springfield
Chapter remarked the grave of Revolutionary War Patriot Enos Campbell
on August 16, 2014. The ceremony was held at Peter Cartwright
United
Methodist Church in Pleasant Plains due to inclement weather.
Enos
Campbell is buried in Sackett Cemetery in Gardner Township.
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Pictured left with chapter
members is Ellen Gunn
Crump, Chaplain Illinois State Organization and descendant of Enos
Campbell and Ephraim Gard, who participated in the rededication
ceremony. |
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Springfield
Chapter, along with seven other chapters from District V, hosted a
reception following the May 2, 2014 Naturalization Ceremony at the Old
State Capitol in Springfield. Sixty people took the Oath of
Allegiance and became citizens of the United States.
District
V chapters that helped to hostess the May 2, 2014 Naturalization
Ceremony: Springfield, Captain William Penny, Sergeant Caleb
Hopkins, Apple Creek Prairie, Pierre Menard, Reverend James Caldwell,
Peter Meyer, and Nancy Ross. |
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The
118th State Conference was held in Bloomington, Illinois April 25-27,
2014. Over the course of the three day conference members could
choose between a variety of events including: Technology
Workshop, DAR School Luncheon, National Defense Dinner, Youth Day
Awards Luncheon, and The State Banquet.
Pictured
top row: HODAR "Bud" Beckhoff, Leah Beckhoff, Associate Member Taylor
Traynoff, Jane Running, Nancy Wohlers.
Bottom
row: Past Chapter Regent Patricia Hopkins Price, Regent Beverly Dillon,
State Regent Pamela Bork, Past Chapter Regent Martha Bradley
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Kloppe, a member of the Wabose Society Children of the American
Revolution, built and erected a box for our chapter to
collect retired American Flags. It is located in the parking
lot of Engel's On Edwards styling salon at the corner of MacArthur
Boulevard and Edwards, 552 South MacArthur Boulevard, Springfield,
Illinois. Deposited flags are taken to the American Legion who
holds flag retirement ceremonies. Sixty-eight flags have
been
collected in 2014 alone. |
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Each
year we hold a Memorial Service honoring those daughters of our chapter
who have passed away within the last year. Mary Alice Taft is
pictured placing a carnation at our March 15, 2014 meeting in
honor of one of our deceased members. |
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Lieutenant
Colonel Craig Rush USMC (Ret) presented the program: "Piloting Marine
One" at our December 21, 2013 meeting.
His career in the Marine Corps began in 1989, designated a Naval
Aviator in 1992, reported to Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-l),
know as the President's squadron, Quantico, VA, in 2003 earning the
title Command Pilot and Marine One Aircraft Commander. He is
one of only a small number of Marine pilots given
this prestigious position. He transported President George
W. Bush. |
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Regent
Beverly Dillon appeared on ABC NewsChannel 20 Midday Spotlight on
October 23, 2013. She spoke about Daughters of the American
Revolution, and our chapter's Meet With the Registrar sessions that are
held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. |
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program every September is Constitution Week and our chapter's copy of
the U.S. Constitution is on display. All chapter members are
encouraged to sign it. Pictured is Constitution Week Chairman,
Shirley Davison. |
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To
commemorate the 226th anniversary of the signing of the U.S.
Constitution, on September 17, 2013, beginning at 3:00 P.M. the bell at
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Springfield was rung 226 times.
Back row left to right:
Virginia Coughlin, Regent Beverly Dillon, Patricia Hopkins Price, Susan
Beard, Joyce Stowers. Front row left to right: Barbara Rowe,
Martha Bradley. |
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in May, Springfield Chapter lays a wreath at the Lincoln
Historic Site Receiving Vault, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield,
Illinois. This was the first location of President Abraham
Lincoln's remains. |
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In February we host a luncheon
to present the DAR
Good Citizens Awards to eight area high school students. A
scholarship is presented to the chapter essay winner. Each
year we present a flag folding ceremony, including the meaning
of each fold, for the Good Citizens and their guests. |
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Springfield Chapter and three
other DAR chapters host a reception following the
Naturalization Ceremony at the Old State Capitol in
Springfield. DAR provides a study book for the
citizenship exam. We proudly present an American flag to each
new citizen.
Pictured is
Chapter member
Susan Beard, ready to serve punch at a reception following the November
2012 ceremony.
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Springfield
Chapter NSDAR has held an annual Genealogical Seminar since the summer
of 1961. Information distributed included samples of family
sheets, pedigree charts, how to request forms for vital and civil
records and how to use internet resources and genealogical libraries.
Martha Bradley is pictured.
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Springfield
Chapter joined the efforts to keep our Army troops comfortable in
extreme weather. Our chapter project chair, Thelma Daywalt,
rallied chapter members, church groups, and others to knit 100% wool
helmet liners and scarves, and to sew neck
coolers.
Over four years 20,000 neck coolers were sent to our troops .
Pictured are the 3750 neck coolers sewn in 2012, and neck coolers all
boxed, addressed and waiting to be shipped to troops in Afghanistan. |
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A
thank you note from these soldiers at Camp Nathan Smith in Afghanistan
expressed their appreciation for the box of neck coolers we
sent them and for our chapter's support to the troops.
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Bonnie Long,
pictured left, is being shown knitted
helmets by Thelma Daywalt, prior to a shipment to our troops in
Afghanistan. Bonnie
Long of Knit Wits in
Springfield, Illinois
designed the
original knitted helmet pattern that we are using.
Over three years we knitted 361 helmet
liners, 209 scarves, and 41 caps and gaters (a knitted item that is for
the
neck).
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so proudly we hail at the Illinois State Fair Parade. Martha
Bradley is at the wheel with Jean Metcalf waving to the crowd. |
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Wauline Quick, chapter Registrar
in 2005, conceived the idea for our Ticonderoga pin, which was
designed by Carol Loper who was our chapter Historian at the
time. Click on the pin for a larger image.
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Springfield Chapter NSDAR
