I was so excited on October 3rd to attend the Moseley-Bright Chapter meeting in Kinston at GI Joe’s Living History Museum. A real in person meeting! Even though we wore masks, we were able to be together and it felt really good. The chapter was fortunate to find a meeting location that could accommodate attendees sitting six feet apart. A laptop provided a Zoom connection for several members, including their recording secretary, at home. Correspondent Docent LouAnn Haddock presented an interesting program Christmas in the DAR Period Rooms, which conveyed the history of celebrating Christmas and Santa Claus. The Museum Director, a Vietnam Veteran, gave a brief history of how the museum came to be. I installed the chapter’s new officers and we toured the museum. What a wonderful tribute to the area’s veterans. What a wonderful morning it was.
October 7, was the Kings Mountain 240th Anniversary Commemoration. The Catawba Valley Chapter S.A.R. did an excellent job with the virtual presentation. I especially enjoyed the video of the color guard which was recorded on the spot at the Kings Mountain monument. It added real authenticity to the Zoom presentation. Catawba Valley Chapter member Clark Summers has a striking voice and did a professional job as emcee. The speaker, a SC Congressman gave a captivating presentation. I brought greetings and more than 90 S.A.R., DAR, and C.A.R. representatives, including State Historian Libby McAteer, presented their wreaths. I was both pleased and proud to see about 25 of our chapters were represented at this virtual event. Thank you for being there.
On October 8th, instead of traveling to D.C., I traveled to Raleigh and logged on to the National Board Events Committee’s virtual service project for the National Board of Management. We were shown how to assemble a mug for teachers from the list of items we had been instructed to bring to the project. It is a great idea that could be done virtually with chapter members or C.A.R. members; and with variations could be used to assemble gift bags or mugs for emergency, fire, police, or medical personnel as well as veterans. My granddaughter who was recovering from an emergency appendectomy and I completed two mugs with hand sanitizer, pens, pencils, candies, Elmer’s glue stick, Earl Grey tea bags, and a Panera gift card. She and her brother are taking them to their teachers. This morning, in Wilmington, my two grandsons assembled two more mugs for their teachers. This is a fun activity so give it some thought, please. Once assembled, they could be left on members’ porches at a designated day and time and picked up by chapter members to be delivered wherever your chapter wants them. Stay safe!
Carole Weiss, State Regent
