Category Archives: Commemorative Events

Announcement: Commemorative Events Winner – Update

California Daughters,It is my pleasure to announce our Southwest Division and National award winning chapters in the following Commemorative Events. All the listed chapters were First place in the State. Their reports went on to be judged at the Southwest Divisional level. First place … Continue reading

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Announcement: Commemorative Events Winners

California Daughters,It is my pleasure to announce our Southwest Division and National award winning chapters in the following Commemorative Events. All the listed chapters were 1st Place in the State. Their reports went on to be judged at the Southwest … Continue reading

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Announcement: Winner of the Outstanding State DAR Member Award for Honoring and Thanking Veterans

California Daughters, It is my distinct honor and pleasure to announce, on behalf of State Regent Susan Broderick, that Gail Patrice Belmont from the Turlock Chapter is our California winner of the Outstanding State DAR Member Award from the U.S. … Continue reading

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Announcement: Outstanding State Member Award from the U.S. Vietnam War Cmmemoration

California Daughters, In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Vietnam War Commemoration would like to recognize a DAR Member from each state. This recognition would be for outstanding accomplishments by an individual DAR member in … Continue reading

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Announcement: Commemorative Events Winners

California Daughters, it is my pleasure to announce our Southwest Division and National award winning chapters in the following Commemorative Events categories:   4th of July Parade: Gaspar de Portola Chapter. First place in State and the Southwest Division. 50th Anniversary of … Continue reading

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Announcement: Commemorative Events Recognition for 2020

California Daughters, with the ending of 2020, it’s CMR (Chapter Master Report) time. Some changes have been made to the Commemorative Events Committee recognition forms. The following is a reminder on where your Chapter can find Commemorative Events information and … Continue reading

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Announcement: 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Landing

In September 1620, a merchant ship called the Mayflower, set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England. The Mayflower carried 102 passengers looking to start a new life across the Atlantic. Nearly 40 of these passengers … Continue reading

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Announcement: National POW/MIA Recognition Day September 18, 2020

National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, each subsequent president has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. This year we … Continue reading

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Announcement: August & September Commemorative Events

This August and September we celebrate two milestones in our history. 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th AmendmentMore than 70 years after the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention first called for the right for women to vote, President … Continue reading

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Announcement: Outstanding DAR Member, Honoring and Thanking Vietnam Veterans

The US Vietnam War Commemoration would like to recognize a DAR member from each state. This recognition would be for outstanding accomplishments by an individual DAR member in her efforts to honor and thank Vietnam War veterans. Does your chapter … Continue reading

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Chapter Chatter: Arrorwhead Valley Chapter to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower – Rose Parade Float

Arrowhead Valley chapter is commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower by helping to decorate the Mayflower float sponsored by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at the 2020 Rose Parade in Pasadena. The Commemorative Events Committee has selected the … Continue reading

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Chapter Commemorative Events Reports Deadline

The Commemorative Events Committee recognizes chapters for observing special events. In addition to meeting the requirements of this committee, these events may also meet criteria for other committees on the California Master Report. Programs and celebrations coordinated with local communities … Continue reading

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Remembering 9-11

Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones on this tragic day 13 years ago. We will never forget. For information about the 9-11 Memorial or for ideas on how your Chapter can commemorate 9-11 visit the … Continue reading

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Calling on California Daughters: Vietnam War Memoirs

“I would not be living here in California if it hadn’t been for the Vietnam War.” –CSSDAR State Regent Carol Oakley Jackson Did you serve in the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War? Did you have family members, … Continue reading

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Celebrating Father Junípero Serra’s 300th Birthday

This year, California is celebrating the 300th anniversary of Father Serra’s birth on November 24, 1713. Every fourth grader in California knows the name Junípero Serra, the priest who was born in Majorca, an island off the coast of Spain, … Continue reading

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