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The Daughters' Reflections Volume 23 Issue 3 The Daughters' Reflections Volume 23 Issue 3 from Sarah Reveley and BOM A Note From Our President members regarding her expulsion. Mrs. Reveley was properly notified of the hearing but did not attend. The Upcoming Events As 2010 ends and we welcome result of the hearing was Mrs. 2011, it is an honor to remember our Reveley’s permanent removal from Republic of Texas Museum fallen heroes and celebrate 175 The Daughters of The Republic of years of Texas Independence. The Texas. Art Contest Awards Program Daughters of The Republic of Texas can be proud of an outstanding job Due to some individual’s complaints Mar 19th preserving our past and looking many hours and much expense is forward to shaping the future of the still being spent complying with the oldest women’s organization in our ongoing requests coming from the great state. Texas Attorney General. As can be DRT Convention expected DRT suffers in many areas It has been my distinct pleasure to th because of this ongoing May 12-14 travel crisscross Texas attending investigation. This administration will many functions, speaking Crown Plaza Riverwalk – S.A. continue to comply with all requests engagements, and all but one District even though it requires personal workshop. Chartering new chapters expense and many hours that could stands out among the many activities be spent working toward our mission. CRT Convention your President General has attended. New chapters added thus Now is the time to save the date for June 24-25th far are Goliad, and Dublin with Llano March 5th. The175th anniversary being added January 22, 2011. Trips remembering the battle of The Alamo Sheraton Hotel - Arlington to San Antonio and Austin are adding concert will be held in Alamo Plaza. up at a rapid rate. According to our bylaws, your Over half of DRT Chapters have nominating committee is asking either made or pledged a $1,000 chapters to search their members for donation to the Vision in hopes of volunteers to fill the few vacant making The Republic of Texas offices for the upcoming term. It is History Complex a reality. I urge all an honor to serve DRT on the BOM chapters to share the enthusiasm for and I encourage every eligible the future of DRT and the member to serve. preservation of Texas History. DRT annual convention is just a few One trip to San Antonio in October months away. Please make every was especially memorable, attending effort to attend this year’s convention The Alamo Gala, honoring John May 12-14, 2010, at the Crowne Wayne as his daughter and Plaza hotel in San Antonio home of granddaughter represented the The Alamo, Shrine to Texas Wayne family. Having the Gala in Freedom. Alamo Plaza with the Shrine as the If I can be of assistance to any focal point on a fabulous moon lit member please email or call Reflections Deadline night was a true goose bumps anytime. My door is always open. moment. Attendees are still March 15, 2011 commenting on that special evening. In The Spirit of Texas, Your BOM was honored to be special M.P. Patti Atkins, President General All submissions MUST be guests of the William Barrett Travis made electronically to Chapter during their annual founder’s [email protected] day luncheon. A hearing was held in executive NO EXCEPTIONS session for the purpose of hearing Vision Project Update Treasurer General Update by Nancy Shurtleff, Chair by Karen Clogsten RTHC Vision Project Team The Native Texan License Plate sales continue to allow The Vision Team is pleased to report that last month we The Daughters of the Republic of Texas to preserve received a grant from the Fondren Foundation in Texas historic sites or fund educational programs that Houston for $100,000 to go toward the purchase of the teach Texas History. By placing a Native Texan License historic lot adjacent to the French Legation Museum. Plate on your vehicle you are both financially and We are very hopeful that this is just the beginning! We visually supporting the mission statement of this great have only two months remaining to raise the $1,400,000 organization, and you have made possible the following needed to purchase 810-1/2 San Marcos Street, and we new NTLP grants: are working hard to make it happen! We continue to submit grant requests to foundations and corporations. The President General’s Challenge to hapters to give Grantee Amount Purpose $1,000 to the Project so far has yielded at least $1,000 from 46 chapters and 4 Chapter Pledges for $1,000. We French $30,000 Restoration Legation hope the remaining chapters will join the Challenge Museum soon! Texas Star $600 Texas Historical Commission Historical Throughout DRT there are chapters and individual Chapter Marker of May Leon Dyer, Army of the members working in different ways to raise funds for the Republic of Texas Vision. San Saba River Chapter is raffling off a 37” The Cradle $4,974 Maintenance Sanyo Flat-Screen TV on December 11th. Tickets: $5.00 each, 6 for $25.00. The Hills Country Club has Elgin $10,000 Purchase of the Mary Christian donated a Golf Package for 4 at their Flintrock Falls Golf Historical Course located between Lakeway and Austin, drawing to Assoc. be December 1st. Tickets: $10.00 each, 3 for $25.00. Joy Vazquez, Villa de San Agustin de Laredo Gonzalis $34,169 Replace Roof on the J.B. Wells Home Chapter, has donated a week’s stay in a 2-bedroom, Chapter 2-bath apartment in Oropesa, Spain. Tickets: Relics, Old $605 Honor Veterans of the Republic of $10.00 each, 3 for $25.00. The winner for this Trails & Texas by marking their graves. raffle will be drawn at the 2011 DRT Convention in Historic Sites Committee San Antonio. Please go to “Announcements” on the DRT Members Only website for more details. There is much more fundraising going on, from the “This Little Piggy Supports the Vision” piggy banks donated by Judy Day, William Barret Travis Chapter, to a luncheon given by Jean Sitterle, Miss Ima Hogg Chapter to a multi-chapter meeting Volume 23 Issue 3 dedicated hosted by K. Jenschke, Charles G. Davenport in Loving Memory of Chapter. Kayla Lee Roberts Past President General CRT Emily Little of the Clayton, Levy & Little Architect 1986-2010 Firm, and a neighbor of the French Legation Museum, has prepared a feasibility study on the 810 San Marcos Street Property, and this will be available on the DRT Website soon. This was a pro-bono study. The French Legation By Gayla Lawson, Chairman We have a glorious opportunity before us; we must not let it escape us.” These were the words written by Jean Pierre Isidore Alphonse Dubois de Saligny to the king of France in order to persuade his home country to recognize Texas as the Republic of Texas. Dubois was successful and later appointed charge´ d´affaires to Texas. And so, in 1841 the French Legation was built. Using Dubois’ words as its theme, the Glorious Opportunity Preservation project for the French Legation Museum has begun. To launch the preservation project, a highly successful Wine and Cheese Soirée was held on the grounds on a lovely evening in September. The highlight of the event was the raffle of a week’s stay in a beachfront condo in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. A grand affair that promises an evening to remember is currently being planned for January or February 2011. This elegant gala will be a chef’s dinner, delightful entertainment and an incredible live auction. Intermittent, smaller events can be expected as newly-formed friendships with French delegations from Villefranche and Angers as well as French-American groups across Texas come to the aid of what was once French-owned property. The French Legation Museum was recently recognized by the Austin Parks & Recreation Department as a 2010 Partner in the Arts and Humanities for its’ collections loan to the new Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum in Austin. In addition to this exciting honor, our museum was chosen as a field workshop site for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conference held in late October. October 12th was a particularly outstanding day to honor Miss Lillie Robertson in collaboration with the William B. Travis Chapter to which she belonged. A group of dedicated daughters from several chapters and the FLMC were joined by Robertson descendants to unveil the memorial marker on Miss Lillie’s grave in Oakwood Cemetery. A reception followed at the Legation under the shade of trees very likely to have shaded that remarkable model of the DRT’s mission in action when she lived in the house! The little mansion on Robertson Hill was the first fine home in Austin and stands proudly as the oldest home in the city now. With a protected view of the Capitol from the front porch, it commands respect and reverence as a treasure of the past and an anchor to the future. It is keeping history alive and well in our great state. Come see for yourself; enjoy its journey toward restoration! Become a part by becoming a Friend. www.FrenchLegation.com ************Chapter News ************* James Bowie Franc e Cook Van Zandt September, the James Bowie Chapter of Frances Cooke Van Zandt Chapter’s program on September 11 paid Texarkana met at the historic Ace of Clubs tribute to 2 chapter members who served as President General of DRT – House. The Italianate-Victorian style house Harriet Vandervoort in 1951 and Naomi –Ray Morey in 1969.
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