THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 Treasure the Past The Connecticut with C.S.C.A.R. YANKEE Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Senior State President’s Message Please send in all photos and articles by February 10! Treasuring the Past with C.S.C.A.R. Wow! I look over this newsletter and am so impressed by all the things that our societies Larkin Brown, Editor have accomplished over the past few [email protected] months. I hope all of you will take in and [email protected] appreciate the many wonderful things that Coming up next issue: other societies do to learn about and promote C.A.R. programs and projects. • State Officer Slate Congratulations to all of you! • Valentine’s Activities I also want to note that we have three • Winter Fun Winter societies Sarah Whitman Hooker, Captain Joel Cook, and Captain David Hawley who all are • State Conference Details reactivating and have new Society Presidents. We look forward to hearing more from them in the future. Our State President Lauren Bacon has been doing a wonderful job with the state project that she has chosen for the year--a treasure chest full of 1700’s children’s toys to be placed at the Teri Fischer C.S.C.A.R. Jonathan Trumbull homestead. This is a CT DAR property and Senior State President C.A.R. is proud to support it. The photo above of Lauren shows 363 Limestone Road her holding our State calendar which has generated funds for this Ridgefield, CT 06877 very worthy project. 203-244-5290 Our activities with the DAR, SAR, and SR have been wonderful 203-650-2763 (cell) and you will see many of those things in the newsletter. [email protected] Supporting each other is essential. Lauren Bacon I look forward to the fun we are about to C.S.C.A.R. State President have at our State Fun Meeting in 10 Eggleston Lane Norwalk on Feb. 4 and our State Old Greenwich, CT 06870 Conference coming up in Fairfield on [email protected] March 6. I treasure being with you, getting to know you, and seeing you grow. Teri Fischer (Mrs. Fish) Senior State President PAGE 1 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 Calendar & Deadlines DAY DATE TIME LOCATION TYPE Friday 2/4/11 6-8 p.m. Laser Tag/ Fun Meeting-My 3 Sons, STATE Norwalk, CT Sunday 3/6/11 1 p.m. State Conference STATE Friday-Sunday 4/15-17/2011 All Day National Convention, Arlington, VA National Friday-Saturday 7/8-9/2011 All Day New England Regionals, National Massachusetts Great Reads by Jason Bacon, State Librarian I encourage everyone to look at books about Independence Hall and Those who signed the Declaration. I love books that have an offbeat way of approaching subjects, and I found a book called, “Signing Their Lives Away- The Fame and Misfortunes of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence” by Denise Kiernan. This book has a chapters dedicated to each state of the signers and talks about the unique personalities and interesting facts of those who sat in the Continental Congress to debate independence in 1776. About the Connecticut delegation, they Kids Helping Kids covered Sam Huntington, Roger Sherman, William For the 2nd year in a row, the Capt. Stephen Betts Williams, and Oliver Wolcott. As everybody Society baked their hearts out and sold their goodies to knows, the national project is to support Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where these buy costumes for the children at the Carver Center in men met. For those who can’t make it to the Norwalk annual Halloween party. The Carver Center is a library, I suggest looking up these websites about safe place for children who need it to go and play games Independence Hall. Here are some websites and get help with school work. that you can read about Independence Please send your Kids Helping Kids activities for the Hall State Newsletter. http://www.nps.gov/inde/independence- hall-1.htm Don’t Forget to Pay your dues! http://www.answers.com/topic/ independence-hall by Morgan Fischer, State Treasurer http://www.ushistory.org/tour/ Don’t forget to have your parents send in your membership dues. National dues are twenty dollars and state dues are five dollars. They independence-hall.htm are now PAST DUE if you haven’t paid. http://www.independencehall.org PAGE 2 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 Taylor Fischer, Wreaths Across America by Taylor Fischer State Chaplain The National Chaplain’s program for C.A.R. this year was Wreaths Across America. Connecticut Societies all over the state really did a great job supporting this huge event and I look forward to receiving your contest entries and urge you to also submit them to National Chaplain Katy Davis. Also check out: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Sgt. David Thompson Captain Stephen Betts Society Charles Merriman Wreaths Across America--PRICELESS Mary Bush Society PAGE 3 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 Picture Perfect Card Making by Larkin Brown Sgt. David Thompson making cards & This year many of our Connecticut societies have eating pizza made cards for Veterans and soldiers! Thank you all for your great hard work and dedication. Your work and time is greatly appreciated! Mary Bush Captain Stephen Betts Betty Oderwald, Senior V.P. of Thaddeus GeneralMary Bush David for HumphreysToys for Tots Burr, has a great suggestion for societies to honor veterans without even getting in the car. www.virtualwall.org The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC honors the fallen of the Vietnam War. Relatives and friends leave letters, poems, and photographs there and on this web site named The Virtual Wall ®. We bring the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to your home. You can look up by name or by state and town. Please give us your suggestions of other ways we can honor veterans. PAGE 4 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 kudos corner •Graduating Mary Bush member, Meg Williamson, accepted the Pamela Hudak CT DAR Scholarship at the Putnam Hill Chapter DAR annual meeting held at Riverside Yacht Club (see photo left) •Lizzy Verish (SDT Society)was promoted to 2nd gup (Red Belt) in Tang Soo Do karate in November. •State Organizing Secretary Eliza Marshall was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society (see Liza’s Life Member photo below) • Senior State Chaplain Stephanie Pruitt is engaged to our Senior State Historian Chris Rehnberg! hurray! (see photo right) •Clarissa Verish (SDT Society)was accepted into the People to People Ambassador program and will be traveling to Europe this summer as part of a delegation from Milford, CT. •Connecticut SAR qualified for the C.A.R. Activity Streamer for their Society Flag at their National Congress. Way to go SAR! Thank you so much for your support-nice to see you awarded for it! Please don’t forget to send YOUR kudos in! Welcome New Members! Be a Life Member! Lifetime Captain Stephen Andrew Joseph Sama Member Betts: Sebastian James Sama State Hadley Ewes Lineberger Pickett Sama Organizing Alden Lee Lineberger Secretary Eliza Mary Bush: Sgt. David Marshall. Kasey Anne Crossman Thompson: Consider becoming a Kristen Joan Crossman Elizabeth Marie Verish C.A.R. Life Diane Elizabeth Leykum Clarissa Anne Verish Member Evan Cuttings Mills Andrew Culver Verish yourself! Life Patrick Dawson Callen James Wallace Member has McCann-Anthony Braden Thomas Wallace its privileges! Aidan Hugh Sama PAGE 5 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 Philadelphia Freedom! portrayed. The group was privileged to be joined by This fall, there were 2 organized members from NH trips to Philadelphia, the site of the including our VP of NE Regional Erin National Project--the Great Jackson. Then, members from Essentials at Independence Hall. Pennsylvania joined in and then Mrs. The first was an over-night Schaefer, our SENIOR NATIONAL organized by the Sgt. David PRESIDENT honored us by joining Thompson Society and one thing the group as well! What a wonderful lead to another and then joined way to learn more about the Capt.Stephen Betts, Charles National Project and get to know Merriman, Thaddeus Burr and other C.A.R. members and seniors. Gen.David Humphreys. Activities Mary Bush Society also organized included a walking tour of Historic their own day trip to Philadelphia Philly, a private tour of the Betsy where they received their own Ross house, flower laying at private tour of the Great Essentials Revolutionary graves, dinner at the Exhibit when State President Lauren historic City Tavern, and an after- Bacon pleaded for her society to be hours performance at Independence able to see the exhibit even though Hall where the fight for the it was closed that day to the public. Declaration was wonderfully PAGE 6 THE CONNECTICUT YANKEE FALL 2010 PAGE 7 Patriotic Events! State Treasurer Morgan Fischer and State Historian Alec Marshall with DAR State Regent Joyce Cahill at the Veteran’s Day Parade in Hartford. Members of the Sgt. David Thompson Society keeping up their yearly tradition of marching in the Torchlight Parade in Old Saybrook! Mary Bush Society serving refreshments and answering questions about colonial life at the Holiday Candlelight Knapp's Tavern Open House on December 5th. Don’t they look great! PAGE 8 On November 11th, three of Captain Stephen Betts's members took part in a Veterans Day service to welcome the town of Wilton's new Veterans Memorial Green. During the ceremony, Kelsey Brown, Emma Bendix, and Alex Bendix each portrayed friends and relatives of the historic soldiers to bring their memories to life. They all dressed up in period clothing and gave speeches as if actually the relatives of these soldiers.