California State Regent Karon
Jarrard's project during her administration, 2010-2012, was to
provide funding for renovation and restoration of the NSDAR
Constitution Hall's Library skylights. |
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Sacramento Chapter Past Regent Jaqueline Coffroth's vision was
completed during Regent Dallas Love's term, 2008-2010.
The project, a lovely pathway for the visually impaired, is
located at the Jensen
Botanicial Gardens on Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael,
California. The pathway contains tactile and scented plants with
accompanying braille descriptive signs.
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Chapter Regent Jeanne Powell displays her pineapple quilt entry
for the American Heritage contest, Fiber Arts division. She took
first place for the California State Society and received an
Honorable Mention for the Southwest
Region. |
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This monument and four Sequoia trees were placed at the Veterans
Medical Center in 2006, at the former Mather Air Field grounds
in Rancho Cordova, California. Chapter Regent Gloriann
Smiths' project
was to honor American veterans. |
Sacramento Chapter members have purchased and helped place wreaths, at
the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery located in Dixon,
California, every year since the cemetery was dedicated in 2007.
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This Women in History quilt, made by Sacramento Chapter member
Sherry Werum, was on display at the 103rd California State
Conference held in Irvine, California, March 2010. Pictured are
Dallas Love, Ginger DeGregory, Jeanne Powell, Dixie Christensen,
and in back, Norma Hayden and Marcia Sydor. Individual quilt
blocks were auctioned with the proceeds designated for DAR
projects in the areas of education, patriotism, and historic
preservation. |
In 1925, this plaque was laid at William Land Park to
commemorate the planting of a memorial grove of native trees in
honor of Sacramento Chapter's organizing Regent, Elizabeth Adams
Gundrum. |
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Did you know the son of Alexander
Hamilton is buried right here in Sacramento?
Pictured at William Stephen
Hamilton's grave monument are Chapter members Dallas Love and
Helen Borgens. The grave is located in the Old Sacramento City
Cemetery at Broadway and 10th. The Sacramento Chapter has been
the caretaker of the gravesite since 1922. |
