Regent Cindy Robison with CA Outstanding Junior Sarah Bentley

On June 9, 2012, Santa Lucia Chapter in Salinas was very proud to be given the honor of placing a NSDAR Marker at the historic home of the first mayor of the city, Isaac Julian Harvey. The house was constructed for the mayor in 1886, and the Santa Lucia Chapter was formed there in 1938. The chapter has frequently met there over the past 74 years. Organizing Regent Helen Baker Currie was the mayor’s granddaughter. Now a museum, it is open to the public. The event was well attended by CSSDAR members. District officers, members from various chapters, as well as the general public were in attendance. Each attendee was presented with an American flag and The American’s Creed /Pledge of Allegiance card. The ceremony commenced with the ringing of the school bell used by the mayor’s daughter Saphronia Harvey, our city’s first school teacher.  Regent Cindy Vallejo Robison conducted the ceremony with the current Mayor of Salinas as the keynote speaker.

Submitted by:  Jane A. Vallejo