Welcome to the St. Charles Chapter, NSDAR
Located in St. Charles, Missouri, on the Missouri River, the St. Charles Chapter NSDAR will soon celebrate its 100th anniversary of serving its community by promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
Chapter Activities
PHOTO: Past Chapter Regent Theresa Risch (left) and Sue Nilges are in front of a Lewis and Clark Expedition commemorative monument. The monument was installed by the St. Charles Chapter in 1994.
PHOTO: Sally Bueno, Honorary State Regent, Ken Kamper, and Theresa Risch, Chapter Regent. Mr.Kamper was awarded a DAR Historic Preservation Medal. Photo © Marshall Karesh, Convention Photography Services, Inc. Used with permission.
DAR Membership Information
From its earliest days, the St. Charles Chapter has met on Saturday, originally to accommodate members who were school teachers. Today, about one-third of chapter members are teachers or retired teachers.
The chapter welcomes new members, and we meet on the third Saturday of the month, September through June. Our meetings include a business meeting and program, and visitors are welcome. Meetings include historical or informational programs. Meetings usually begin at 9:30 a.m. DAR Good Citizen student contest winners are recognized at our January meeting. Please contact our chapter if you would like to visit our meetings.
The highlight of the coming year is the celebration of the chapter's 100th Anniversary on Friday, May 29, 2009, in St. Charles.
A list of the patriot ancestors whom our members have used to join DAR is here.
Chapter Officers, 2008-2010
Regent--Joan Koechig
Vice Regent--Deloris Bear
Chaplain--Lorna Jones
Recording Secretary--Elizabeth Herbst
Corresponding Secretary--Shelley Swenson
Treasurer--Rachel Wilhelm
Registrar--Lois Roben
Historian--Debra Walus
Librarian--Beth Carsten
Chapter History
Mrs. William Lee Parsons, of Defiance, Missouri, was the Organizing Regent. Fourteen women met and organized the chapter on May 27, 1909. The chapter is proud of its two historic pieces related to the early days in St. Charles. The frame for the chapter's charter is made from a piece of wood (donated by Mrs. John Olson), which was taken from the spot where St. Charles founder Blanchette Chasseur landed in St. Charles in 1756. The chapter's gavel, presented by Miss Myrtle Fulkerson, was made from wood taken from the original Daniel Boone Cabin located near the town of Matson, Missouri.
