National Ladies Auxiliary, Sons of the American Revolution

Last Modified: January 22, 2008

February 2008 Feb. 22-23 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Stephen Vest, Editor of the Kentucky Monthly and SAR Magazine September 2007 Sep 28 - 29 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker TBD July 2007 Jul 6-11 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 117th Annual Congress Featured Speaker Janea Whitacre Colonial Williamsburg Millinery Janea's program will be illustrated in clothing and accessories as she talks about the Colonial Williamsburg Millinery trade. You will be drawn into the world of Margaret Brodie Mathews: Mantua-maker, mother, survivor of the revolution and wife of a spy. Col. Williamsburg February 2007 Feb 22-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2007 Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker Helen Newton Maine Mystique Helen will delight us with "Maine Mystique", cultural information she learned upon her arrival as a resident in the state of Maine. Helen Newton September 2006 Sept. 28-30 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2006 Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker James J. Holmberg "By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis" Jim will discuss Lewis's tragic death in October 1809 in Tennessee and the suicide vs. murder debate that rages still today. James J. Holmberg July 2006 July 8 - 12 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 116th Annual Congress Featured Speakers Jim & Mary Lynn Johnson "The Arts of the American Revolution - Painting through the eyes of John Trumbull, Literature through the books of Thomas Jefferson, and 18th Century Music through the keyboard of Mary Lynn Johnson." Jim & Mary Lynn Johnson February 2006 Feb. 24-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker Sylvia Marrs "Exploring American Indian Music" Sylvia Marrs September 2005 Sep. 30-Oct. 1 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Karin Guzy "Arranged for You" Karin will give us some new ideas about patriotic flower arranging for those many occasions that we decorate for banquets and luncheons and even grave dedications! Karin recently launched her website http://www.arrangingsupplies.com to offer learning and supplies for this ancient art form. Karin Guzy July 2005 Jul. 4-6 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Congress Featured Speaker Suzanne Fife "George Washington Through the Eyes of Martha" Suzanne Homan Fife portrays "Martha Washington" bringing highlights of the life and times of her husband George Washington from childhood to death. Suzanne Fife March 2005 Mar. 11-12 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Kathy Watson "Spy Letters of the Revolution" During the revolution, intelligence letters were used frequently by both the British and American forces. These letters contained information regarding the military strategies of the opposing force, usually obtained by spy networks. This method and other methods (e.g. invisible ink, secret codes) will be explored in this informational session on the “Spy Letters of the Revolution”. Kathy Watson September 2004 Sep. 24-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Kay Nelson "The Role of Women in the Revolution" Everyone is proud to have a patriot ancestor in their family. But if you look at a list of those patriots, with very few exceptions, they are all men. Have you ever wondered what women were doing during the struggle for independence? We take a look at what women were doing during the colonial period and how their lives changed during the Revolutionary War. Kay Nelson July 2004 Jul. 5-7 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Congress Featured Speaker Franklin LaCava "The Story of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse" Franklin began his professional career as a correspondent for the Greensburg Tribune-Review and he joined the Fayette County Historical Society to get story ideas. The group operated a small museum in the Searight Tollhouse on the old National Road. They asked him to volunteer and he was hooked. After a two year stint as President of that organization and five summers in the tollhouse, he wrote a book, "Bake Slow and Sure: Heirloom Recipes of the National Road Era." The book was placed the book at the Fort Pitt Museum and Franklin was asked to work there for the summer. The DAR ladies read the book and asked him to work at the Blockhouse as curator were he has been since September, 2002. Franklin LaCava February 2004 Feb. 27-28 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Anne Donahue Lampman "of Small Things Remembered" a discussion of archeological finds at Mount Vernon and the conclusions drawn from the artifacts about the everyday lives of the Washington family, the mansion slaves, the field hands and the overseer's family. Anne Donahue Lampman

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