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Valley of the Meramec Chapter
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Chapter HistoryOn Saturday, March 4, 1967 the Valley of the Meramec chapter DAR was officially organized in Pacific, Missouri, where the State Regent, Mrs. John Stapel, installed the new officers. There were twelve members in attendance. Our Organizing and first chapter Regent, Mrs. Virginia Booth Anding, held the meeting in her home, and was presented with an engraved chapter gavel by her daughter, Susan Anding Skelton, Regent of the Lafayette-Lexington chapter in Lexington, Missouri. The gavel is still in use today by the Regent of Valley of the Meramec chapter. In 2007 we will celebrate our first 40 years. We have grown from those first twelve organizing members to nearly forty members. Our members include six mother/daughter(s) sets, including one mother/daughter/granddaughter. Our members range in age from 18 to 101. Community Activities
As a society, the DAR is dedicated to historic preservation, education and patriotism. To that end, the Valley of the Meramec chapter has donated funds to the Washington Historical Museum to purchase or restore various items of historical interest. Valley of the Meramec chapter also raises funds in support of Tamassee DAR School, a school in South Carolina established by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and in particular to Groves Cottage, one of the residences for students. Groves Cottage is supported by the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Missouri Chapters. Each April one Senior student from each of our seven area high schools is selected by his or her class as their Good Citizen. We honor these students with a luncheon and award presentation. This past year, one student carried on the family tradition: her mother had been her school’s Good Citizen honored by Valley of the Meramec years before! This past year, Valley of the Meramec chapter joined other local patriotic organizations in recognizing graduating ROTC students at their school’s ROTC award ceremony. This year we awarded our ROTC medal to one outstanding female high school senior at Pacific High School. We have donated educational materials to local schools in support of Constitution Week; raised funds for Coldwater Creek cemetery, Chemawa Indian School in Oregon and the USO; and sent care packages and other materials to St. Louis area veterans hospitals and to local area troops overseas. 
MeetingsValley of the Meramec chapter DAR meets each month for lunch in the Washington, Missouri, area. We may meet at a local restaurant or have a sack lunch on the second Monday of each month, March through November, and on the second Saturday of December. If you are interested in joining us for lunch on one of those days, please contact us. Why become a member?Many women are interested in becoming members of Daughters of the American Revolution. Some join because they are interested in history or genealogy; some are interested in historic preservation; some in patriotism. We are wives, daughters, sisters, educators, veterans, secretaries and housewives. And each one of us embraces the DAR objectives of historic preservation, education and patriotism. How to get more informationPlease contact us if you are interested in learning more about Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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