DAR Hosts Southeast Missouri District Meeting

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - The Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their Southeast District Meeting in St. Genevieve, Missouri on Thursday, September 21st.

Chapters share the activities and accomplishments from the past year in their efforts to promote education, patriotism and historic preservation.  Workshops are provided to update the members on new technology, committee opportunities, and special events scheduled for the coming year.

To encourage education of the Constitution in our schools and to recognize Constitution Week - September17th - 23rd.

Crowley’s Ridge Chapter provided more than nine hundred Constitution booklets to the fifth grade and high school government classes in all seven county school districts.  

Members met on September 14th with Shirley Carney stamping the chapter name in each booklet.  Other members counted and packaged the booklets for each school and inserted a letter prepared for each teacher.  

Betty McClintock delivered the booklets to Dexter and Bernie schools.  

Frances Moore and Shirley Richard delivered them to Puxico, Bloomfield, Advance, Bell City and Richland.