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2012 August PG Dispatch.Pub Volume 2, No. 4 Publisher: Karen Thompson, Editor: Valerie Laskowski August, 2012 Dear Fellow Daughters, Calendar of Events: Aug 11, 2012 - District V The Donning Company has been selected to publish our Workshop; Franklin book THE DAUGHTERS: A DOZEN DECADES OF DRT. In this new book we celebrate the complete 121 year Aug 18, 2012 - District III history of The Daughters. This book is only being sold in Workshop; Texarkana pre-publication sales. Ladies, that means you must order Aug 25, 2012 - District IV it now by mail or at your District Workshop where the Workshop; Longview book committee has a sales table. It will not be for sale next May at the DRT Convention in Beaumont, it will be ready then for delivery Sep 8, 2012 - District VI to those who have already paid for a copy. Workshop; Houston This book is like nothing you have ever Sep 22, 2012 - District IX seen. This volume will be 10" x 10", 304 Workshop; West Columbia pages of informative text with nearly 450 Sep 29, 2012 - District VII photographs, many never before published. Workshop; Fulton All of the 107 chapters will have a history, and most will have three photographs. Oct 6, 2012 - Districts X & Many of the more than fifty disbanded I Workshop; Odessa chapters will have a history. And all those Oct 13, 2012 - District VIII Administrative Committees, the Alamo, DRT Workshop; Kerrville Library, Republic of Texas Museum, DRT Headquarters, French Legation Museum, and Cradle will have detail histories. And other projects we have had through the years, for instance the San Jacinto Battlefield and Monument. It will all be covered in this publication. Inside this issue: The book will include a complete timeline starting in 1891 up to the President’s Message 1 present. Informative information about our past president general's The Daughters: A Dozen 1 who did so much to establish this organization. Mary Smith Jones Decades of DRT (1819-1907) was the last First Lady of the Republic of Texas, as wife of Dr. Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic. And she was our Young Texas 4 first president general of DRT when we were founded in 1891. Mrs. Blanche De Leon 5 Jones depended a lot on her first vice-president Rebecca Jane Gilleland French Legation 6 Fisher (1831-1926). Rebecca Fisher became president general in 1907 when Mary Jones Baby Hawk Hatches 7 died and served DRT for nineteen years. She delivered an oration at HQ’s Staff 7 the unveiling of the Sam Houston monument at Huntsville and helped District IV Workshop 8 Clara Driscoll in saving the Alamo. For years she gave the opening prayer when the Texas legislature convened. She was the only woman Double Medallions 10 elected to the Texas Veterans Association, who of course asked the Member Spotlights 11 Daughters to "Carry On" their work. Her portrait was the first of a woman to be hung in the Senate chamber at the Capitol and when she 3 Generations of DRT 12 died in Austin on March 21, 1926 her body lay in state in the Senate 2013 Convention Info 13 chamber, where funeral services were held. The Senate unanimously Dr. Patrick Cox 14 adopted a resolution in her memory and draped her portrait in mourn- Q&A from the PG 14 (continued on next page) Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 ing cloth. Honorary pallbearers included the two United States senators from Texas and four former governors. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin not far from my family plots. I grew up going to her grave. She is my favorite and I have a cat named "Miss Fisher". This book will make a wonderful gift and every chapter will want to give copies to their local libraries, schools and guest speakers. The book cost $39.95, and the order information is attached. If you don't order a copy you will be sorry! If you need information or have questions, please contact me at: 512-923-0010 or DRT Headquarters at 512-339-1997. My email is: [email protected]. Texas Veterans from Texas Veterans Association Karen Thompson Two boats, the Eugene and the Charlotte M. Allen, bringing visitors to the San Jacinto battlefield. Passengers disembark from ships in order to visit the San Jacinto battlefield in 1895. (Boats can be seen in background). All photos shown here are in the book. Page 2 Volume 2, No. 4 All photos shown here are in the book. August, 2012 San Jacinto monument construction begins. Construction begins on the star. “Crowd shot” from roof at 4-21-1936 dedication of San Jacinto. April 21, 1936: Dedication of the San Jacinto Monument at the famous battlefield. View from observation floor of San Jacinto Monument. Aerial view of the San Jacinto Monument. Page 3 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 San Jacinto Monument Then & Now Young Texans—Amy Parks Heath Elementary Young Texans is an extra-curricular organi- understanding, but also builds a love for Texas zation for elementary students. Its purpose is and an awareness of the responsibility each to inspire a desire to learn more about Texas’ citizen has to continue the tradition of excel- heritage and future. Young Texans meet after lence. Group sponsors are Barbara Rushing school, and it provides the children an opportu- (DRT member) and her fellow teacher, Babbie nity to participate in innovative, fun, hands-on Blake. The Cedar Mountains Chapter of the activities. This not only builds an historical DRT is an advisory group for the Young Texans. AA TripTrip toto TheThe AlamoAlamo Page 4 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 The First Alamo—Mission San Francisco de Solano On April 28, 2012 I visited the original was the second DRT member to visit this site of the first Alamo which was Mission San historic site. Blanche participated in the 4th Francisco de Solano established in Guerrero, Annual International Watermelon Festival in Coahuila, Mexico in 1700. I am shown with Guerrero, Mexico and also visited the Paseo de Ed Mata, President of Los Bexarenos in San Francia, where Alonso de Leon would have Antonio, and a local historian E. Rodriquez. crossed the Guadalupe for his entradas to This was the first time a member of DRT has Tejas, Spanish Mexico, and also Santa Ana's ever visited the original Alamo site. President campsite along the Guadalupe. Blanch was General Karen R. Thompson left a plaque to accompanied by Victoria's Mayor Armstrong. commemorate this visit in conjunction with Mexican Federal Senator Jesus M. Ramon and Guerrero Mayor Francisco Garcia-Castells. On July 23rd, Blanche De Leon, a DRT member in the James W. Fannin Chapter of Victoria went to Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico, to the Mission San Francisco de Solano site and Opening Ceremony Guerrero Watermelon Festival Karen Thompson & Ed Mata Mayor Armstrong, Garcia leading Mexican cabalgata. Mission San Bernardo Over 100 riders started the ride from the ranch "La Candelaria" in the how The Alamo would have looked during the 1836 battle Fourth International Watermelon Festival at Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico. Page 5 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Tbe French Legation Museum French Legation Committee Members. Stabilization efforts on the 173 year-old out-door gaming lessons, provide live music French Legation Museum (FLM) House are and food sells via food trucks. The event will be complete with the house reopening for tours. from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, with live music Children five and under are free. All other from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. FLM is located clients, touring the house, are charged $5.00 at 802 San Marcos Street, Austin, Texas (one per person. External shutters are being revital- block east of IH35 and one block north of ized in stages. Plans are in the works to repaint 7th Street). DRT members are encouraged to the interior. Maintenance and beautification of attend. the 2.5 acre grounds is a continuing effort. The FLM Committee is beginning a new Adopt-a-bed/grounds-section program, which is intended to help fund grounds improvement. Individuals, chapters, and businesses are en- couraged to donate $100 to adopt a ten-by-ten foot area of the grounds. Donors will be recognized for their contribution. Grounds revitalization includes: dead tree and stump removal, retainer wall repair, tree trimming, purchasing new plants, shrubs, trees and mulch, repair or replacement of picket fence, erosion repair, purchasing bistro sets, chairs and benches, terracing, and many other needed items. Please consider adopting a portion of the FLM grounds as a chapter project. Grand Re-Opening: A public Grand Re-Opening of the FLM will be held in conjunction with the Austin area’s Museum Day on September 23, 2012. This event is free to the public. FLM will host free tours of the house, premiere the new one-of-a-kind items (related to the site's history) on sale in the gift shop, offer children's activities, have Page 6 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Baby Hawk Hatches At Historic House Recently a baby Red-tailed Hawk hatched in a nest on the roof of the historic Pioneer Log House, built in 1936 in Houston and is where the San Jacinto DRT Chapter meets. Simply known as the "Log House" it is located in the busy Medical Center area of Houston, it is an unlikely location for a hawk to roost. The nest was blown down on the roof during a storm, but the parents were able to keep feeding the hatchling hawk rabbits until he fledged. Fortunately rabbits are in abundant supply.
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