By DOROTHY CARNINE
Secretary
Point of Rock Chapter, NSDAR, met for a dessert meeting at the home of Regent Audrey Hoerler. After a delicious blueberry dessert was served our business meeting started. Six members were present. The Opening Ritual and Pledge of Allegiance were led by Regent Audrey.
President General’s Message for September/October: In-person Continental Congress next year will be spectacular in every way. She thanked the Gold and Blue Star families whose loved ones have so valiantly worn the uniform of our nation during the last 2 decades. Thank you sisters for all that you do to support them through both your work on behalf of our DAR Project Patriot Committee and your prayers.
Indian Minutes: Sometimes tribes were grouped by the region of the US they lived in or by the type of language they spoke. Californian – Tribes living in the area that is today California such as the Mohave and Miwok. Great Basin – This is a dry area and was one of the last to have contact with Europeans. Tribes include Washo, Ute, and Shoshone.
National Defense: A article was read about the history of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. The poem, In Flanders Fields, was read by a DAR, Moina Michael, and she had a full spiritual experience. “it seemed as though the silent voices again were vocal, whispering, in sighs of anxiety unto anguish… she pledged to KEEP THE FAITH with all who had died in WW1 and always wear a red poppy. Through a focused campaign she worked with a designer and in 1920 the Georgia Department of the American Legion adopted the Memorial Poppy as its symbol. It then went national and international. It is usually worn on Memorial Day.
Secretary’s report was accepted as read.
Business: There were many quilts hung at FNBO for Heritage Days.
There is to be a change in the wording of the Eda Hempel DAR Scholarship check list.
Program: Regent Audrey gave the program on: Patriot Day on Sept11 honors the memory of the nearly 3000 innocent victims who died 20 years in the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Each year Americans dedicate this day to remembering those who died and to the first responders who risked their own lives to save others. We then each told of our memories from that fateful day. We were all affected.
We thanked Regent Audrey for being our hostess and for the very interesting program. Our next meeting will be at Rosewood Estates with Linda Stuphen as hostess.
Meeting adjourned at 2:15pm