Dear Tennessee Daughters, In May, 2023, I had the opportunity to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony at Kate Duncan Smith DAR School in Grant, Alabama, for their Centennial Celebration Project. Part of that project involved taking down several large hickory trees from the campus. TSDAR State Treasurer and KDS graduate […]
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Dear Tennessee Daughters, Please take note of the important information below from DAR Good Citizens Committee State Chair Nancy Gilley! Love, Emily “The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round’ so early in the morning…..” and the school buses are on the road in Tennessee. That means it’s time […]
Dear Tennessee Daughters, TSDAR Commemorative Events Chair Amanda Hillard wrote today’s blog. Our chapters are doing fantastic commemorative events – please be sure and enter the contest! Love, Emily This year, the National Commemorative Events Committee has changed how to submit commemorative events reports for judging. These changes take effect […]
Let’s Celebrate Women in American History this Thursday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. Central. The Tennessee Society American History and American Indians Committees are hosting a Zoom meeting that you will not want to miss. National Vice Chair Kay Alpaugh will be the guest speaker and will highlight Native American […]
Our guest blogger is Nancy Gilley, Tennessee DAR Good Citizens Chair. She has important updates! Love, Emily Robinson Hope you had a relaxing, refreshing, and fun summer. Thank you all for the hard work and devotion you have shown to the DAR Good Citizens Committee. School is now in session, […]
I hope that you and your chapter will read the message below from TSDAR Historic Preservation Chair Jill Jones-Lazuka and identify a local museum which would qualify for one of the new TSDAR Museum Grants. These are made available because of your financial support through State Regent Project Sales of […]
Tennessee members are putting their volunteer hearts in action this month! It has been so exciting to read about your wonderful DAR Day of Service projects on our Members’ Only website. Our members and chapters truly sparkle! Thank you for all of your hard work. It was an honor to […]
In 1955, NSDAR petitioned Congress to set aside September 17-23 for the observation of Constitution Week. The annual celebration was established in 1956 when it was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and we are committed to studying and educating the public about our Constitution. In Tennessee, our […]
Continental Congress never disappoints, and this was a very special year. After two years of Online Congress, our Society met together in the newly restored Constitution Hall for business meetings and evening events. Committee events, club meetings, shopping – there was something for everyone! This was also the year that […]
August marks our annual fall workshops, and last weekend we were treated to the West and Middle TN locations. West TN has been at the same location in Jackson for several years now, and it is a wonderful location for our size and classroom needs. The only drawback is that […]
Fall workshops will be here in just a little over a week. Since we are focusing on a Season of Service, we are kicking things off with a few service projects. We will be collecting items for three different committees, and attendees and chapters are being asked to consider participating […]
Last weekend it was my privilege to attend the Tennessee Society Children of the American Revolution summer packet meeting. Led by State President Laurel Vaught and Senior State President Suzanne White, this was my first C.A.R. state meeting. I really didn’t know what to expect. What awaited me was a […]