LOUISA ST. CLAIR CHAPTER DAR

GROSSE POINTE MICHIGAN

  

   
     
     
     
   
     

Dedication of the Cook School House

Historic Preservation Project of the Louisa St. Clair Chapter

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

September 7 , 2008

  

 

Terri Steimer

MI Outstanding Teacher of American History

Grosse Pointe North High School

receives award from

LSCDAR Chapter Historian

Carol Pokladek

     

Meredith Scheiwe, LSCDAR

assists a kindergartener at the Grosse Pointe Academy,

in recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

of the United States of America.

LSCDAR presents every kindergartener in each public, private and parochial school in the Grosse Pointes with their own US flag and stand.  They may take them home from school and keep them when they have learned the pledge. 

 

LSCDAR members meet at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum

on Belle Isle in Detroit to rededicate window

to the citizens of and visitors to Detroit. 

     

Organized in Detroit in 1893, we are the oldest chapter in Michigan of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Throughout the years, the chapter has contributed to the quality of life in the Detroit Metropolitan area and continues to do so today.

We are a service organization whose members are direct descendants of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots.

Our purpose is historic preservation, education, and patriotic endeavor.

Some of Our Achievements:

Historic Preservation

  • Marking of historic sites and buildings
  • Financial support of local and national museums
  • Financial support of historic churches, buildings, and houses

Promotion of Education

  • Sponsorship of historical essay contests for schoolchildren
  • Establish and contribute to college scholarship programs
  • Funding to adult literacy programs
  • Louisa St. Clair Chapter DAR sponsors the John Paul Jones Society N.S.C.A.R.
     for boys and girls under age 22
  • Contributions of funds and books to libraries
  • Funding to Seedlings - Braille Books for Children©
  • Contributions to Detroit Free Press Children's Charities©.
  • Gift of Reading Program ©
  • Summer Dreams © enrichment program for children.

Patriotic Endeavor

  • Distribution of patriotic materials to new citizens
  • Distribution of American Flags to schools and groups
  • Funding and services to veterans' groups
  • Awarding of Recognition medals to ROTC cadets
  • Awarding of DAR Good Citizenship Medals to schoolchildren
  • Conservation efforts including reforestation and community beautification


 We welcome new members.  We would be happy to help you with any genealogical research you may need to do to establish eligibility.  Please contact our registrar.  For a list of our ancestors who served in the military or who aided and assisted the troops during our war of independence visit Our Patriot Ancestors.  For additional procedures for joining the DAR, genealogical resources, and the location of other Michigan chapters, please see the official Michigan State DAR web site  www.MichDAR.org   You may also contact the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution at DAR.org for application procedures, research tips, lookups, and the hours for the museum and library.

 

Louisa St. Clair Chapter DAR sponsors

John Paul Jones Society N.S.C.A.R.

for boys and girls under age 22.

The Louisa St. Clair Chapter webmaster appreciates your comments and suggestions.

Web hyperlinks to non-DAR sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR,
the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters.
 

This page was last updated 7/18/2009 .