Genealogy Workshop on Feb 17th, 2020

 The Genealogy Workshop workshop was held on Monday, February 17, 2020  The Speakers at the workshop were:  Sally Meginley, Cindy Sellers, Jane Johnson, and Marsha Stewart. Marsha Stewart is a professional genealogist who has worked for NSDAR in Washington, DC for the past 18-19 years proofing applications and supplementals. Twenty four people attended the workshop.

  Members of Cape Fear 3- UDC- Wilmington who attended the workshop

     (Left to right) Carol Waldkirch, President,  Pat Gasson, Vice President,

     Dale Spencer, Registrar,  (Back) Yvonne Brown,  Linda Lashley, Chaplain

Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR will meet Tuesday, March 10 at the BEMC meeting room.

Please note the DAR meeting is Tuesday, not Wednesday.

SUPPLY – Brunswick Town Chapter DAR to Meet March 10th

SUPPLY – Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR will meet Tuesday, March 10 at the BEMC meeting room.

Guests are welcome.

The speaker will be local historian and DAR member Gwen Causey. She will discuss the women’s suffrage movement in Brunswick County.

Catered lunch follows the meeting. Cost is $10 which must be paid in advance. Contact one of the individuals named below to reserve lunch.

The chapter’s April meeting has been rescheduled due to conflicts with the meeting space. It will be Thursday, April 9 at the BEMC meeting room.

Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization founded in 1890 for women who can prove direct, blood lineage from a Revolutionary War Patriot. The organization promotes patriotism, education, and historic preservation.

DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer organization with more than 185,000 members in 3000 chapters across the world. There are more than 7500 members in 105 chapters in North Carolina.

The Brunswick Town Chapter has more than 160 members, several of whom descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence.

For more information on the organization, contact Regent Pat Gooding, pgooding2018@gmail.com or Registrar Jane Johnson, jjatbhi@bellsouth.com. 

Guests are welcome.

The speaker will be local historian and DAR member Gwen Causey. She will discuss the women’s suffrage movement in Brunswick County.

Catered lunch follows the meeting. Cost is $10 which must be paid in advance. Contact one of the individuals named below to reserve lunch.

The chapter’s April meeting has been rescheduled due to conflicts with the meeting space. It will be Thursday, April 9 at the BEMC meeting room.

Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization founded in 1890 for women who can prove direct, blood lineage from a Revolutionary War Patriot. The organization promotes patriotism, education, and historic preservation.

DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer organization with more than 185,000 members in 3000 chapters across the world. There are more than 7500 members in 105 chapters in North Carolina.

The Brunswick Town Chapter has more than 160 members, several of whom descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence.

For more information on the organization, contact Regent Pat Gooding, pgooding2018@gmail.com or Registrar Jane Johnson, jjatbhi@bellsouth.com. 

February 12, 2020 DAR Meeting - Author Flora Solomon Was the Guest Speaker

New members were sworn in at DAR meeting. L to R: Mary Elizabeth Hewett Williams, Katherine Norfleet Kay Menk, Kathy Johnson, for granddaughter Emma Johnson, Carol Hart for daughter Heather Caldwell, Rebecca Johnson and Keidra Koenig

   

  Diana Fotinatos with the winner of the Constitution Minute. Liz Fuller answered the question correctly.

SUPPLY – More than sixty members of Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR wore red to the February meeting to commemorate Heart Month. 

The Chapter’s effort supports the American Heart Association’s national movement to end heart disease and stroke in women. The Association’s 2020 slogan is Go Red for Women®.

                                                      

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Vice-Regent Martha Koletar read President General VanBuren's message.

    Martha led the meeting for Patricia Gooding, 

             Author Flora J. Solomon was the guest speaker at the February DAR meeting.

                 Flora Solomon author of two novels was the guest speaker for the February DAR meeting.            https://apledgeofsilence.com/ 

Both novels were about WWII.

  Guest speaker Flora J. Solomon during  her presentation  "Women Prisoners of War."

Dana Majernik designs display panels for each DAR meeting about what has been going on in the chapter each montth.