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On November 18, 1921, the Sacramento chapter of the National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution was formed with a membership of
eighteen. Mrs. Elizabeth Gundrum
(pictured) was installed as the first Regent.
Following is a summary of some items the chapter has accomplished
In the intervening ninety years :
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* 1922 Presented the
USS California with three U.S.
flags
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* 1922 Undertook the care of the grave of William Stephen Hamilton,
a son of Alexander Hamilton
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* 1923 Placed a special marker, along with
eleven Bay Area chapters, at the Western Terminus of the
Pony Express. It can be seen today with a life size Pony
Express rider statue in Old Saramento
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* 1924 Established a DAR Memorial Grove in Land Park
by planting various memorial trees and trees
obtained from the original thirteen colonies.
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* 1930
Placed a marker in memory of Jedediah Strong Smith, the first American
to reach California by an over land route, on the American River Bridge
at 16th Street
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* 1935
Chapter member Winnifred Codman persuaded the chapter to help an old
Indian woman and her grandchild purchase a tent. Her concern about
Indians living in poverty ultimately resulted in the creation of the
DAR American Indians Committee
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1955 Marked the headquarters of the Central Pacific
Railroad builders, the "Big Four Building"
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1975 Celebrated the Bicentennial of our Country |
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* 2006 Celebrated the chapters 85th anniversary by raising
over $2000 to contribute one thousand dictionaries for
Sacramento third graders in forty-five classes in fourteen area
schools
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* 2008-2010 Dedicated a Pathway for the Blind at the Jensen
Gardens in Fair Oaks. The pathway is filled with tactile and
fragrant plants labeled with brailled coded plaques. |
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* 2010-2011 Revitalization of the Williman
Stephen Hamilton's gravesite, the son of Alexander Hamilton. |
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