JROTC First Lieutenant from North Brunswick High School was recently honored by the Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR. The Outstanding JROTC Award is given annually to a cadet at each county high school who exhibits academic excellence, patriotism, and leadership.
The award was presented on behalf of the chapter by the Brunswick JROTC & CAP committee as well as the National Defense Committee.
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The ceremony was hosted by the Halifax Resolves Chapter North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution. Adopted on April 12, 1776, the resolution, later dubbed The Halifax Resolves, was the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. The action helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence which was presented to Congress less than three months later. The creation and ratification of the resolves was the result of a strong movement in the colonies by separatists or American Whigs (later Patriots) who sought to mobilize public support for an all-encompassing declaration of independence. According to Wikipedia, “the primary impediment to an outright declaration of independence from Great Britain was that none of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress were authorized by their home governments to take any action that would lead to such a declaration. Advocates of independence, therefore, sought to revise the instructions to each congressional delegation and remove any restrictions regarding a declaration of independence.” The website further explains that North Carolina’s 83 delegates to the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina unanimously adopted the resolves. That action empowered the state’s three delegates to the Second Continental Congress (Joseph Hewes, William Hooper and John Penn) to join other colonists o declare independence from British rule. The colony of Virginia introduced a resolution of independence to Continental Congress in June. The Second Continental Congress issued the United States Declaration of Independence in July. The anniversary observance, held in the Halifax Historic District, is held annually. 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 100 chapters in North Carolina. The Brunswick Town Chapter has more than 180 members, several of whom descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence. The chapter’s membership descends more than 700 proven Patriots from the original 13 colonies.
At the April meeting, Brunswick County Literacy Council Executive Director Melissa Warren spoke about the organization which was organized in 1981 by Brunswick Community College. Warren informed the chapter that illiteracy is described as reading and writing at less than a third grade level. In the US, one in 6 adults are considered illiterate, she said. About 17% of Brunswick County’s population is considered illiterate, she said. The volunteer organization had 150 students last year and operates not just basic literacy programs but English as a second language program. They welcome new volunteers to join the effort. Ms.
Warren advised members that the primary goal of this organization is to improve
the lives of Brunswick County families through literacy. Literacy is critical to the growth of
individuals and our community and assists in providing improved social and
economic opportunities, and more
information may be found on their website. www.bcliteracy.org
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Brigadier General Clara Leach Adams-Ender
Brigadier General Clara Leach Adams-Ender of Willow Spring, North Carolina has been awarded NSDAR’s Women in American History Award. The nomination was forwarded to National by Brunswick Town NSDAR Chapter member Stacy Brown. General Adams-Ender was recognized by telephone at the organization’s Veterans luncheon. The award includes a medal and certificate which have been sent to her. Born in 1939, Adams-Ender joined the United States Army in order to attend nursing school. She was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps in 1961. In 1993, she retired as commanding officer of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. Her memoir, My Rise to the Stars: How a Sharecropper’s Daughter Became an Army General, was published in 2001.During her years of service, she was stationed at Fort Dix, South Korea, Fort Sam Houston, Fort George G. Meade, Germany and Fort Sheridan. She also accomplished many firsts including becoming the first woman to earn a degree in military arts and sciences from United States Army Command and General Staff College and the first African American to graduate from the United States Army War College. She also obtained a masters in medical-surgical nursing from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.
