Soldiers Delight-Thomas Johnson Chapter, NSDAR
Stevenson, Maryland
Chapter Activities
Chapter Meeting and Event Highlights 2024
October
Chapter members travel back in time to 1890 to meet the four Founders of the DAR!
September
America 250 plaque dedication ceremony, September 5, 2024. SDTJ Chapter Regent, along with the ten other chapter regents who donated their Celebration Grant funds for the bronze America 250 plaque placed at the William Paca House & Gardens in Historic Annapolis. Also pictured are Maryland State Regent, Honorary State Regents, State Officers, and Committee Chairs.
Chapter Regent represented the SDTJ Chapter at the dedication ceremony for the America 250 plaques dedicated at the William Paca House & Gardens in Historic Annapolis on September 5, 2024.
Chapter Regent and Chapter Membership Committee Chair receive a Constitution Week proclamation for the SDTJ Chapter at the Open Session of the Board of Carroll County Commissioners on September 12, 2024.
Fall Forum, Sept 14, 2024
At left: Membership Committee Chair, Chapter Regent, and Registrar
Chapter members, guests, and prospective members kick off the new DAR year at the September meeting.
Honorary State Regent shared a delightful presentation for the September program. Here she poses with two of her "Thirteen Colony Cats".
May
Chapter members attended the 119th Maryland State Conference
Fun with “The Signers” at the 119th Maryland State Conference
Chapter members gather on a rainy May day for the chapter meeting at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, the namesake of our chapter. A Maryland State Park Ranger shared his fascinating presentation on the history and unique ecosystem of the Serpentine Barrens of the Soldiers Delight area.
April
Chapter members learn about our military working dogs with a presentation from The United States War Dogs Association
March
Chapter Regent and Vice Regent with the three speakers from the Youghiogheny Glades Chapter as they share their year-long project documenting “Remarkable Women of Garrett County”.
Chapter regent attended a special program at Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, meeting guest speaker Peter MacDonald, one of the last three living Navajo Code Talkers of WWII.
Chapter Meeting and Event Highlights 2023
December
Chapter officers lay wreaths at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery for Wreaths Across America
Chapter members enjoying a delightful tea and luncheon to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
November
Chapter Members attend the National Defense Luncheon
October
For October's National DAR Day of Service, chapter members personalized over 250 holiday greeting cards for local service members at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Chapter Regent presents to cards to Fort Detrick's Post Chaplain for distribution
Chapter Officers attend the Maryland State Society's Founders' Day event at the Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, Maryland
September
Chapter Members Attending Fall Forum
Three new members join chapter regent and membership chair in a welcome ceremony on September 30. New members were presented with yellow roses symbolizing friendship, warmth, joy, and gladness
May
Speakers for the May 6 chapter meeting, discussing the Indigenous Tlingit people and their culture
The chapter regent presents the speakers with an honorarium for the Miller's Grant Benevolent Fund
Chapter Members Attending our May Meeting
New Chapter Officers for 2023-2025
118th Maryland State Conference
Our chapter regent awarding an annual scholarship to a graduating senior attending college for a nursing degree
April
Chapter members pose at the end of the tea and business meeting
Two members honored in April for their 10-year membership anniversaries. Certificates presented by the Membership chair
Chapter member and honorary state regent gave the program at our April meeting at a local tea room. She shared information about her Patriot ancestor Roger Brooke and his family. She showed her family tree going back to Charlemagne
Staff from the Hindman Settlement School with the 24 sets of books (144 books) donated by the chapter for their literacy program
March
State Regent accepts donation from Chapter Regent for State Regent's Project
State Regent visits our chapter