Wednesday, November 14, 2012

DAR chapter founders honored

From Brainerd Dispatch:  DAR chapter founders honored

The Captain Robert Orr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a tea on Saturday at Prairie Bay. Chapter Regent Faye Leach pinned corsages on two active founding members, Betty Ehrhardt and Dorace Jeanne Goodwin.
DAR is a lineage society promoting education, patriotism and historic preservation. Any woman over 18 who can prove her direct lineage to a Revolutionary War ancestor is welcome to join. The Captain Robert Orr Chapter, named for the Revolutionary patriot of a founding member, contributes to scholarships, veterans’ needs and efforts to preserve and promote our constitution and historic sites. There are twenty four DAR chapters in Minnesota.