Old Glory supported the War Relief efforts of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and reported “splendid patriotic services by its members.” Each member served in some capacity through the Red Cross – many by knitting garments. The chapter also collected donations in order to provide support for French orphans,  for Liberty Loans, […]

In May 1920, Old Glory received an invitation from the National Women’s Suffrage League to attend their convention to be held in Nashville on May 18 and 19. The invitation stated that the purpose of the convention was to instruct women in the “National Plan and the Intrinsic Study of Citizenship.”

  “Miss Susie Gentry, as Regent of Old Glory Chapter, DAR, and appointed by the National Society of DAR at Washington, organized the first chapter of Children of the American Revolution here on Friday, on Kings Mountain Day. The chapter will be called the Matthew Fonatine Maury Chapter and the charter members number the same

On June 14, 1938, thirty-two Old Glory members and ten guests celebrated Flag Day at the Sam Davis historic home in Smyrna, Tennessee.   During the celebration, Miss Gentry presented several vintage items to the chapter, including a gavel hand carved from a rolling pin during the mid-late1800s. Mrs. Nelson Rue, the newly elected Regent,

In 1942, Old Glory reported that 100% of the chapter members were actively engaged in Red Cross work which included knitting, sewing, making surgical dressings, attending first aid classes, home nursing classes, and canteen service classes. There were four hundred kit bags for soldiers shipped, a box of clothing sent to Ellis Island, and Defense Stamps

Old Glory’s memorial service tribute for Miss Susie Gentry: “Tuesday evening the 3rd of April 1944 there passed away one of Franklin’s most beloved citizens, an outstanding woman of the state, Miss Susie Gentry.   “She was born in Bedford County but came to Williamson County with as a child with her parents, Dr. Watson

The following is a transcript of an article written by a historian of the Williamson County Historic Society in commemoration of Old Glory’s seventy-fifth anniversary.   “Our heartiest congratulations and best wishes are extended to Old Glory chapter DAR on their 75th anniversary celebration in October of 1972.   “The National Society of Daughters of

Recently discovered at Williamson County Public Library, this framed piece sparked conversation about the relationship between the “original Old Glory” Flag, owned by Captain William Driver, and Old Glory Chapter NSDAR. Apparently this was not a new conversation. Interesting information is found the chapter’s original minutes books and scrapbooks.   For example, in June 1938,

On October 9, 1997, the chapter celebrated Old Glory’s 100th birthday at a chapter meeting held at 118 3rd Avenue North in Franklin which was the location of one of the chapter’s first organizational meetings. One hundred years later, a portion of the chapter meeting was conducted in the upstairs room where the 1897 meeting

Old Glory Chapter presented banners to Franklin Firefighters in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.