Preserving the patriot spirit through service, education, and leadership

Chartered in 1908

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage society that is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) charitable organization dedicated to historic preservation, education and patriotism. We help educate our students and recognize the special accomplishments of young people. We work to preserve our history and historical sites. We welcome our new citizens and introduce them to life in America and help care for our veterans and their families.

Sue Shaver - Twickenham Town Chapter Regent

​Capture the Spirit of the DAR
 
Service to others focusing on
Historic Preservation      Education     Patriotism
Why did you join the DAR? Did a family member ask you to keep a tradition?  Did you read about the accomplishments of the organization?  It is my hope that each member enthusiastically joined to be a part of the True Spirit of the DAR.  Since 1908, members of the Twickenham Town Chapter have honored the Spirit through a shared sense of purpose and pride by giving their time, energy and talents, and by volunteering locally and nationally to foster historic preservation, education and patriotism.  I urge each member to rededicate yourself to embody the DAR Spirit through the wide range of opportunities for service to our community, state and country.
 
There are all kinds of “spirit” connected to the DAR.  We can “keep the spirit,” “explore the spirit,” “volunteer in the spirit,” “pass on the spirit,” and “be active in the spirit.”  Capture Your Spirit:  this is my goal for each member.  It is my wish that Twickenham Town Chapter will be very active in all of our projects this year.  Our chapter has the opportunity to honor deserving students at seventeen elementary and middle schools and eight high schools in Huntsville and Madison County through the essay contests and good citizenship programs.  Our dedication to the work at the Kate Duncan School is exciting, fun and rewarding.  Our involvement at Martin Luther King Elementary School continues our goals in education.  Our Service to Veterans projects and remembering the many contributions by women and men in our armed forces emphasize our Patriotism all year long.  Christmas cards, refreshments, Veterans Day programs, Wreaths Across America, Poppy Day, Flag Day, Bells Across America and Constitution Week are activities honoring our patriots.  To begin our historic preservation this fall, the Twickenham Town Chapter will honor the contributions of pioneer suffragettes to the Huntsville and Alabama suffrage movements with the dedication of a historical marker.  The women honored are Alberta Chapman Taylor, her sister, Ellelee Chapman Humes, Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopton, and sisters, Virginia C. Clay and Susanna W. Clay.  The marker will be placed at Alberta Taylor’s home on McClung Ave.  Ellelee Chapman Humes was a founding member of the Twickenham Town Chapter. 
 
Thank you for giving me the honor to serve as your Regent for the next two years.  I look forward for each of us to further the wonderful work of our organization.
 
Join me as we Capture the Spirit of the DAR!
 
Sue Shaver, Chapter Regent
Twickenham Town Chapter, NSDAR
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Website last updated June 8, 2020.
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