Toni Bolling Lutter Gila Butte DAR installed 2016-18 officers at Spring Fling in April 2016. Spring Fling is the annual celebration of the year’s accomplishments, as well as a gathering to welcome new members in a social setting. The new Gila Butte Board of Management is Lesley Baran, regent; Marjorie Nelson, vice regent; Pamela Petersen,…
Toni Bolling Lutter Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) presented a U.S. flag to Perry High School as part of DAR’s ongoing dedication to patriotism. The school which opened in 2007 has been without a flag for its administration offices and they requested that DAR donate a flag. The Flag of the United…
In March 2016, Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) elected new officers and thanked the outgoing Board of Management for its service during the past two years. Lesley Baran has succeeded Barbara Hugus as regent of the chapter. Gila Butte was founded in 2002 with 22 members and has met in Sun Lakes…
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…