We meet the second
Saturday of the month September through
June. Coffee is ready at 9:30 a.m. and our
meeting convenes at 10:00 a.m. If you would
like to attend one of our meetings, please
contact our chapter
regent.
Most chapter meetings
combine patriotic exercises with
organizational business and educational
programs. Many of our members are skilled
presenters. We won a State DAR award for our
program series, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
in which members shared stories from their
genealogical research. Nothing as
fascinating as someone sharing what they
love!
We also invite special
interest speakers to share their expertise.
We make time for celebrations of all kinds,
from Abigail Adams' birthday to a member's
50th anniversary in DAR. We share
information, work on our special projects,
and just have fun. And we try to do a "road
trip" every year.
September
9, 2017
Program: Puppy Jake
Foundation -- Iowa State
Society C.A.R.
September
4 -- Labor Day
September
11 -- Patriot Day
September
16 -- Stand Down, Des Moines
September
17 - 23 -- Constitution Week
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October
14, 2017
Program: "The Rocket Girls"
-- Barbara Paulson
October
8 -- DAR Day of Service
October
9 -- Columbus Day
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November 11, 2017
Program: Cindi Carter,
State Regent, Iowa
Society DAR
November
11 -- Veterans Day
November
22 -- Abigail Adams' Birthday
November
23 -- Thanksgiving
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December
9, 2017
Program: Holiday Party
Potluck & Veterans Gifts
December
5 -- Martin Van Buren's Birthday
(1st American-born President)
December
15,
1791 -- Bill of Rights became
law
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January
13, 2018
Program: Cancer Screening
and Prevention in Women
Katie
Jones, Iowa Department of
Public Health
Nominations:
New Chapter Officers and
Delegates for State
Conference & Continental
Congress
January
14 -- Birthday of Paul
Revere & Betsy Ross
January
12 -- John Hancock's
Birthday
January
15 -- Martin Luther King,
Jr. Holiday
January 27, 1973 -- Vietnam
War ended
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February
10, 2018
Program: "The Supreme Court
During the Civil War"
February
12 -- Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
February
19 -- Presidents' Day
February 22 -- George
Washington's Birthday
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March 10,
2018
Program: Historic
Preservation -- Antique Purses
Elections:
New Chapter Officers and
Delegates to State Conference
& Continental Congress
March 2
-- Read Across America Day
March
16 -- President James Madison's
Birthday
March 23, 1775 -- Patrick
Henry said, "Give me liberty or
give me death"
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April 14,
2018
Program: DAR Member
Education, Jodi Freet, ISDAR
State Registrar
April
13 -- Thomas Jefferson's
Birthday
April
28 -- Arbor Day
April 26 - 28 -- ISDAR State
Conference
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May 12,
2018
Memorial for Chapter Members
Program:
Chapter Regent Kristine Bartley
May 8
-- President Harry S Truman's
Birthday
May 28
-- Memorial Day
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June 9, 2018
Installation of New Chapter
Officers
Program:
Gold Star Museum Tour, Fort Des
Moines
June 14
-- Flag
Day
June 17
-- Fathers' Day
June 20 - 24 --
NSDAR Continental Congress
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