Toni Bolling Lutter Gila Butte DAR’s State Conference Committee held its final planning meeting prior to the April 27-30 Arizona Conference. Each subcommittee reported readiness and the meeting concluded with a show-and-tell display of conference projects, including hand-made table favors and personalized registration packets. Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) volunteered to host…
Gila Butte DAR has honored members Jane Chiles, Joan Johnson and Janet Udall for their volunteer efforts at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, and presented a certificate to Barbara Bayley for her years of service as a “Cemetery Lady.” Each Cemetery Lady volunteers her time to attend funeral services at the Phoenix-based national cemetery to…
Toni Bolling Lutter Representatives of Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) attended the 2016 Arizona State Conference of Children of the American Revolution in Casa Grande as C.A.R. reported on the year’s work, honored outstanding award recipients and reconnected with friends from around the state. Officers for 2016 were elected. The Arizona C.A.R.…
Toni Bolling Lutter The January program for Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was “O Britain, O America: The Divergent Years” presented by Merv Hedding and Gordon Lynch. Using letters, historic documents and press reports, the presenters described events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Significant events preceding the Revolution included the French…
Toni Bolling Lutter Vice Regent Lesley Baran has announced that Gila Butte Daughters reported 2,500 volunteer hours during DAR’s 125th year. The tally of volunteer hours is a current Celebrate America! project of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). During this historic time, Daughters around the world have united to demonstrate the combined impact of…
Toni Bolling Lutter Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is closing in on its membership goal of 125 active members during the DAR’s 125th anniversary year. December saw seven new members inducted and the chapter is pressing toward “125 in 125.” The DAR’s quasquicentennial celebration will conclude at 125th Continental Congress in Washington,…
Toni Bolling Lutter On December 7, 2015, the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) joined chapters from around the state at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, in remembrance of the day when Japanese bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor to devastating effect. This annual commemoration begins…
Gila Butte DAR was in attendance when Arizona State Daughters of the American Revolution convened Fall Board of Management in Tucson to celebrate DAR’s national quasquicentennial. State Regent Gillian Morse, a Gila Butte member, blew out the 125 candles and cut the first slice of birthday cake. Fall Board is the State Society’s opportunity to…
Toni Bolling Lutter On October 11, Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) joined with chapters around the state, the nation and the world in a day of service and prayer to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of DAR. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on October 11,…
Toni Bolling Lutter Gila Butte DAR observed National Literacy Month with donations of books to the Chandler Public Library, thereby joining organizations across the country in promoting proficient reading. The Literacy Promotion Committee is a national DAR committee established in 1989 to meet the needs of the increasing number of illiterate individuals in America. Gila…