1812 State Meeting and The Bicentennial Celebration

 

From L to R: Joyce Holcomb, Recording Secretary for the Cherokee NC Chapter of 1812; Major Mark Patton, AFJROTC Instructor at Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, NC, Nora Hickam, N C State Registrar of 1812, Carol Canales, State President of NC Daughters of 1812, Keith Hardison, is the Director of NC Historic Sites at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and Elaine Conwell Baldasare is the State Treasurer and Recording Secretary of 1812.

The North Carolina Society United States Daughters of 1812 held their annual State Council Meeting on September 8, 2012 at The Sea Trail Conference Center in Sunset Beach, NC.  Major Mark Patton presented a slideshow at the State 1812 Meeting on ”Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC_ Myth, Facts, and Statistics.”  Keith Hardison  gave an interesting and entertaining program on, "The British Are Coming or Are They?

The NC Division of Historic and Cultural Resources is coordinating an upcoming three-day event in Southport, NC on October 18-20th.It is called Lower Cape Fear and the War of 1812. For more information call 910-457-0003.

The Cherokee Chapter is sponsoring "Dolley Day"

Greensboro Historical
Museum130 Summit Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27401
Telephone: (336) 373-2043
Fax: (336) 373-2204
Hours: Tu-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5

The Cherokee Chapter is sponsoring "Dolley Day" at the Greensboro Historical Museum on October 6th. If you happen to be in the area, do come. You can meet Dolley at 10:30 and 2:00, and see the power-point presentation of how her dress was sent to Washington to be part of the

"1812: A Nation Emerges"exhibit at 11:30 and 3:00: There will be lots to see in the museum, too.

The dress will be on display in Greensboro sometime this spring, when it is brought back home. This will be the first time in twenty years that it has been seen and probably the last time, too, because it is so fragile.

The museum has a trunk of Dolley's that is in desperate need of restoration. We're hoping to have it ready to be shown at the same time as the dress, provided we can raise the necessary funds. If you would like to make a personal donation toward this project, please send me a check made out to the Greensboro Historical Museum. Be sure to put "Dolley Trunk" in the space marked "For." I will see that your chapter and the NC society gets credit for the donation.

Thanks go to Carol, who is going to bring me the state society's 1812 flag to use that Saturday! I know any children who come will love seeing a flag with 15 stars and stripes.

I think it will be fun. I just called the Octagon House in DC and they are sending me some brochures and maybe some copies of Dolley Madison's ice cream recipe, too.

Jane (Thomas)
1700 Leslie Rd.
Greensboro, NC27408-3618