Site of First Official Thanksgiving in America on December 4, 1619 at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia

  It was 2 years before the Pilgrims Thanksgiving! Also, in 1565 a Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Vile’ celebrated Thanksgiving in St. Augustine, Fl. with the local Ticumua tribe. It was President Lincoln who declared the November Holiday for Thanksgiving.

On October 3, 1863, with this victory in mind, as well as its cost, President Lincoln issued a proclamation: I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.

Veterans Day is Friday, November 11th - Let's Honor Our Veterans and Buy Wreaths through Wreaths Across America

 

Let’s Order Some Wreaths For Wreaths Across America – Put a wreath on every Veterans Grave at Wilmington National Cemetery on December 17th, 2022

 E-mail Phyllis Wilson at par4wilson@gmail.com, who will send you a form to fill out to order wreaths. You can mail the form and check  yourself. The address is at the top of the page.  Be sure to put out group number NC0025P on the memo line of your check. Also be sure to e-mail Phyllis your check number so she can keep track of wreath orders on our electronic Dashboard. You can also click on the website on the tab of this blog to get information on how to order by phone or electronically. So, you have three ways to order a wreath. If you find yourself on the main WAA website don't click sponsor a wreath, but instead, go up to the top of the screen and click on groups. You will need to scroll through a list of groups to find our group. Then follow the directions. Good luck and I hope you will order some wreaths on Veterans Day. 1812 has 69 wreaths purchased.

Phyllis Wilson Received an Award from Commission Charles Gause 1812 Chapter October 2022

 The October 1, 2022 meeting for Commissioner Charles Gause Chapter was canceled due to hurricane Ian blowing through the area causing lots of rain and damage. Fortunately, President Carol Jutte quickly arranged for us to have a Zoom meeting. Phyllis Wilson was given a certificate and the beautiful President's pin for her work maintaining our 1812 blog since 2011, putting articles in the newspaper, and being the chair for Wreaths Across America for several years.  The awards were presented to Phyllis at another recent meeting.

Never Forget 9/11

The Dames of the Court of Honor Meeting and the United States Daughters of 1812 State Council Meeting on Saturday, August 6, 2022

 

July 4th 2022

 

Blank Note Cards Needed by The Captain Johnston Blakeley Chapter!

 

Do you have some blank note cards that you’re willing to share? Maybe like the one pictured here?

The Captain Johnston Blakeley Chapter is looking for 200 note cards so that they can deliver “happy” messages to the Veterans hospitalized in the Durham VA Medical Center.

If you have some and would like to contribute, please bring them to the statewide Daughters of 1812 meeting on August 6 in Raleigh.

If you aren’t attending the meeting, please consider mailing your cards to: Mary Ann Loss, State Veterans Services Chair, 11808 Pembridge Lane, Raleigh, NC 27613-7221.