Chapter Activities

2013 DAR Good Citizens Winner with Chapter Regent

DAR Good Citizens

Each year our chapter awards a high school senior with outstanding qualities of good citizenship. The scholarship program is open to all high school seniors enrolled in public or private schools accredited by their state board of education.

DAR Youth Citizenship

Each year our chapter awards fifth graders who exhibit the qualities of honor, service, courage, leadership, and patriotism with a certificate and medal.

American History Essay

Each year our chapter awards this essay contest to a seventh grader for students in a public, private, or parochial school, or those who are home schooled are eligible.

DAR Scholarships

The DAR awards a variety of scholarships through the National Society DAR.

Constitution Week

Constitution Week is the commemoration of America’s most important document. It is celebrated annually during the week of September 17-23. Each year our chapter places a display in Braswell Memorial Library to educate the public about Constitution Week. We ring a bell, make announcements and promote the week on a local television program.

JROTC

Our chapter supports the JROTC program in eleven local high schools. We include them in many of our celebrations and meetings. The Bronze DAR JROTC Medal is awarded to the outstanding JROTC cadet at each school every year.

Civil Air Patrol

Our chapter supports the Tar River Composite Squandron of the Civil Air Patrol by awarding Silver DAR Outstanding Cadet Medal to the outstanding new cadet each year.

Veterans

Our chapter supports all veterans. Each year we send Christmas, Valentine, and Easter cards to the Durham VA Medical Center. Members make quilts that are donated to the veterans. We collect monetary donations at Christmas to buy gifts for the veterans. We honor the Vietnam veterans with a wreath-laying ceremony at the local Vietnam memorial.

Photos of Chapter Activities

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