First Southwest Regional CTDAR Chapter Meeting Held in Norwalk

The Norwalk-Village Green Chapter hosted the first Southwest Regional CTDAR Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, October 16th at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.  The annual event is usually a gathering of four local chapters.  This year, Autier Craft, Southwest District Director and Norwalk-Village Green Chapter Regent expanded it into a regional event.  Seventy-two members attended from the Southwest Regional Chapters:  Drum Hill, Good Wife’s River, Hannah Benedict Carter, Norwalk-Village Green, Putnam Hill, and Stamford. 

The evening started with a joint meeting followed by individual chapter meetings.  Regents Mary Benedix, Lisa Grant, Diane Wells, Autier Craft, Sally Bretschger, and Vice Regent Dee Jones were in attendance.  During dinner attendees were treated to a presentation on the history of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion given by docent Mr. Edward O’Hara. A tour of select rooms in the mansion was given by the host and facilities coordinator Brian J. Fisher, II. Alice Ridgeway, State Vice Regent, and Jolene Mullen, State Organizing Secretary and National Chairman of Lineage Research were in attendance.  

The 120th Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, state meeting will be held October 25-26, 2013 at the Trumbull Marriott in Trumbull, CT.  The theme for this year’s state meeting is “Daughters United Through History and Song.”  Events are scheduled Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.  Advance reservations for all activities are required.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American history, and support better education for our nation's children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 175,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. To learn more about the work of today's DAR, visit www.DAR.org. Anyone interested in the Norwalk-Village Green Chapter and local membership can find more information at www.NorwalkVillageGreenDAR.org.