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| John Braswell, our guest speaker |
The
September meeting of the Brunswick Town Chapter of DAR was held on Wednesday,
September 11, 2013, at the Trinity Methodist Church, 209 E Nash Street,
Southport, NC, at 10 AM.
Our speaker was Mr. John Braswell, a graduate of Wake Forest
University, who worked for 38 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
He is an active member of the Nathaniel Greene Chapter of SAR of
Greensboro and has a passion for history. Mr. Braswell has a high
degree of respect for the work the Daughters of the American Revolution
have done, in preserving American History.
He gave an informative presentation on Colonial American women and
their role in the Revolutionary War, specifically during the critical time of
late 1780 to early 1781, in North Carolina. He talked about how
their actions were pivotal in the success of the soldiers at Guilford
Courthouse, North Carolina.
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| Brunswick Town Chapter's Golden Girls Row: 1 Helen Taylor and Patsy Wood, Row two: Myrtle Watson and Margaret Allison |
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Seated Row 1: Suzanne
Winterhalter, Faye Cashwell, Connie Hendrix, Lynn Deen, and Sherrill Sykes (all
applicants)
Standing left to
right: Cindy Sellers, Chapter Registrar; Myrtle Watson, sponsor of Faye
Cashwell; Betsy Hamer, sponsor of Connie Hendrix; Carol Hart,
applicant; Morethas Stankard, applicant; Gwen Causey, NC DAR Registrar
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| Regent, Jackie Craft and Americanism Chair, Nora Hickam presented a report at the September meeting. Nora needs to have DAR members mail her a copy of a patriotic photograph with an American flag in it by December, 2013. |
